Observation of THz to near-infrared parametric conversion in ZnGeP 2 crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 8311-8316

  Ding, Yujie J ^a   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FREQUENCY MIXING; NEAR-INFRARED LASER BEAM; NEAR-INFRARED PARAMETRIC CONVERSION;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33748311890     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008311     Document Type: Article

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