Octave-spanning, high-power microstructure-fiber-based optical parametric oscillators

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1474-1479

  Sharping, Jay E ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a   Lasri, Jacob ^b   Lyngnes, Ove ^b   Vogel, Kurt ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Precision Photonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MICROSTRUCTURE FIBERS; OCTAVE SPANNING; WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 33847156960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001474     Document Type: Article

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