Broadband and off-axis optical parametric generation in periodically poled LiNbO3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1225-1233

  Guan, Yiyi ^a   Haus, Joseph W ^a   Powers, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM NIOBATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

INJECTION SEEDING; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATION; PARAMETRIC DOWNCONVERSION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 10044272154     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001225     Document Type: Article

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