Simultaneous multi-wavelength oscillation of Nd laser around 1.3 μm: A potential source for coherent terahertz generation

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4721-4726

  Saha, Ardhendu ^a   Ray, Aniruddha ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sourabh ^a   Sinha, Nandita ^a   Datta, Prasanta Kumar ^a   Dutta, Pranab Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OSCILLATIONS;

MULTI-WAVELENGTH OSCILLATION; OPTICAL SLOPE EFFICIENCY; TERAHERTZ GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33744526507     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004721     Document Type: Article

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