Tunable coherent infrared source from 5-16 μm based on difference-frequency mixing in an indium-doped GaSe crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-288

  Das, Subhasis ^a   Ghosh, Chittaranjan ^a   Gangopadhyay, Sudipta ^a   Chatterjee, Udit ^a   Bhar, Gopal C ^a   Voevodin, Valeriy G ^b   Voevodina, Olga G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CRYSTALS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY MIXING; TUNABLE COHERENT INFRARED SOURCE;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 33644912056     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000282     Document Type: Article

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