Compact fiber-pumped terahertz source based on difference frequency mixing in ZGP

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 732-736

  Creeden, Daniel ^a   McCarthy, John C ^a   Ketteridge, Peter A ^a   Southward, Timothy ^a   Schunemann, Peter G ^a   Komiak, James J ^a   Dove, Webster ^a   Chicklis, Evan P ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber applications

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); WAVELENGTH; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DUAL-WAVELENGTH AMPLIFICATION; FREQUENCY MIXING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 34250713417     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896569     Document Type: Article

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