Terahertz generation in Czochralski-grown periodically poled Mg: Y: LiNbO3 by optical rectification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Ma, Guo Hong ^a   Tang, S H ^a   Kitaeva, G Kh ^b   Naumova, I I ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHONONS; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER);

OPTICAL RECTIFICATION; TERAHERTZ GENERATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33644556472     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000081     Document Type: Article

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