Control of frequency chirp in nanosecond-pulsed laser spectroscopy. 3. Spectrotemporal dynamics of an injection-seeded optical parametric oscillator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2601-2609

  White, Richard T ^a,d   He, Yabai ^b   Orr, Brian J ^b   Kono, Mitsuhiko ^c   Baldwin, K G H ^c  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Ministry of Research Science and Technology   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; WAVELENGTH;

FREQUENCY CHIRP; INJECITON-SEEDED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; NANOSECOND-PULSED LASER SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROTEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 36949035997     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002601     Document Type: Article

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