Synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators in the 1.5-μm spectral region with a repetition rate of 10 GHz

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 844-850

  Lecomte, S ^a   Paschotta, R ^a   Golling, M ^a   Ebling, D ^a   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

CAVITY LOSSES; LINEAR CAVITY; PUMP THRESHOLD;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 10044268574     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000844     Document Type: Article

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