High-power, rapidly-tunable dual-band CdSe optical parametric oscillator

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 433-437

  Zakel, Andrew ^a   Wagner, Gregory J ^a   Alford, William J ^a   Carrig, Timothy J ^a  

^a Division of Coherent Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CDSE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; IDLERS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33645239485     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2005.433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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