Generation of tunable narrowband pulses initiating from a femtosecond optical parametric amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10631-10635

  Luo, Hang ^a   Qian, Liejia ^a   Yuan, Peng ^a   Zhu, Heyuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHIRP-MATCHED FREQUENCY MIXING; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PICOSECONDS PULSES; TUNABLE NARROWBAND PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33750738221     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010631     Document Type: Article

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