Cavity-enhanced single-frequency synthesis via difference-frequency generation of mode-locked pulse trains

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2115-2120

  Ferrari, Gabriele ^a   Carusotto, Iacopo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CAVITY ENHANCED SINGLE FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS; DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION (DFG); MODE-LOCKED PULSE TRAINS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 28244497033     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002115     Document Type: Article

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