Control of frequency chirp in nanosecond-pulsed laser spectroscopy. 2. A long-pulse optical parametric oscillator for narrow optical bandwidth

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1586-1594

  White, Richard T ^a   He, Yabai ^a   Orr, Brian J ^a   Kono, Mitsuhiko ^b   Baldwin, K G H ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL HETERODYNE; PULSED LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 10044232825     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001586     Document Type: Article

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