Interferometric nonlinear mixing in multiple-pass femtosecond optical parametric amplification

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Fraser, J M ^a   Hall, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FUSED SILICA; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INFRARED SIGNALS; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; PARAMETRIC FLUORESCENCE;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 3242888122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000021     Document Type: Article

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