Degenerate type I nanosecond optical parametric oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2319-2328

  Smith, Arlee V ^a   Armstrong, Darrell J ^a   Phillips, Mark C ^a   Gehr, Russell J ^b   Arisholm, Gunnar ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt ^*  (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FREQUENCIES; IRRADIATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

IDLER WAVES; SIGNAL WAVES;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0242493555     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002319     Document Type: Article

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