Broadband optical parametric amplification in the mid-infrared spectral region with periodically poled KTiOPO4

2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1297-1299

  Fragemann, A ^a   Pasiskevicius, V ^a   Laurell, F ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INFRARED RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATIONS; QPM GRATINGS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 30944431989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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