Broadly tunable mid-infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator using all-solid-state-pumped periodically poled lithium niobate

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 1458-1460

  Burr, Kent C ^a   Tang, C L ^a   Arbore, Mark A ^b   Fejer, Martin M ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347483656     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.001458     Document Type: Article

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