Influence of pump wavelength and crystal length on the phase matching of optical rectification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1714-1718

  van der Valk, Nick C J ^a   Planken, Paul C M ^a   Buijserd, Anton N ^b   Bakker, Huib J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL RECTIFICATION; PHASE MATCHING; PUMP WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 24144454701     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001714     Document Type: Article

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