Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 694-701

  McGowan, C ^a   Reid, D T ^a   Penman, Z E ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, M ^a   Sibbett, W ^a   Jundt, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Crystal Technology Inc   (United States)

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EID: 11644301713     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000694     Document Type: Article

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