Spontaneous parametric down-conversion in periodically poled KTP waveguides and bulk crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7479-7488

  Fiorentine, Marco ^a   Spillane, Sean M ^a   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^a   Roberts, Tony D ^b   Battle, Philip ^b   Munro, Mark W ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ADVR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CRYSTAL GENERATION RATE; SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 34250176581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007479     Document Type: Article

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