Nanosecond sum-frequency generating optical parametric oscillator using simultaneous phase matching

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4896-4902

  Figen, Z Gürkan ^a   Aytür, Orhan ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CRYSTAL POLING; FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MATCHING; SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION (SFG); UPCONVERSION;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 22744444571     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004896     Document Type: Article

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