Picojoule threshold, picosecond optical parametric generation in reverse proton-exchanged lithium niobate waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1397-1402

  Xie, Xiuping ^a   Schober, Andrew M ^a   Langrock, Carsten ^a   Roussev, Rostislav V ^a   Kurz, Jonathan R ^a   Fejer, Martin M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LITHIUM NIOBATE WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATION; PICOJOULE THRESHOLD; PUMP PULSE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 10044259835     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001397     Document Type: Article

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