Bandwidth and group-velocity effects in nanosecond optical parametric amplifiers and oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1953-1965

  Smith, Arlee V ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

GROUP VELOCITY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PUMP BANDWIDTH;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 25444476992     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001953     Document Type: Article

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