Nonlinear phase matching locking via optical readout

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11256-11264

  McKenzie, Kirk ^a   Gray, Malcolm B ^a   Lam, Ping Koy ^a   McClelland, David E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

HARMONIC FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR INTERACTION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (OPA); PHASE MATCHING CONDITION;

READOUT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751080127     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011256     Document Type: Article

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