Spectral shift of femtosecond pulses in nonlinear quadratic PPSLT Crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4774-4779

  Baronio, F ^a   De Angelis, C ^a   Marangoni, M ^b   Manzoni, C ^b   Ramponi, R ^b   Cerullo, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

GROUP-VELOCITY MISMATCH; LITHIUM TANTALATE CRYSTALS; RED-SHIFTS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33744514668     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004774     Document Type: Article

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