Transition from single-mode to multimode operation of an injection-seeded pulsed optical parametric oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 5655-5660

  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; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MULTIMODE OPERATION; PHASE MISMATCH; PUMP ENERGY;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 10444227350     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005655     Document Type: Article

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