Single-frequency continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator system with an ultrawide tuning range of 550 to 2830 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1419-1424

  Strößner, Ulrich ^a   Meyn, Jan Feter ^b   Wallenstein, Richard ^b   Urenski, Pavel ^c   Arie, Ady ^c   Rosenman, Gil ^c   Mlynek, Jürgen ^d   Schiller, Stephan ^e   Peters, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER TUNING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

LASER SOURCES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141748460     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001419     Document Type: Article

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