Highly-efficient second harmonic generation of green light from picosecond pulses in bulk quasi-phase-matched lithium niobate

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 38-41

  Pruneri, V ^a   Butterworth, S D ^a   Kazansky, P G ^a   Clarkson, W A ^a   Moore, N ^a   Hanna, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mode locked Lasers; Nonlinear Optical Materials; Nonlinear Optics devices; Visible Lasers

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; LITHIUM; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE MATCHING; YLF LASERS;

DIODE-PUMPED; GREEN LIGHT; MODE-LOCKED; MODELOCKED LASERS; ND:YLF LASER; NON-LINEAR OPTICS DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS; PICOSECOND PULSE; QUASI-PHASE MATCHED LITHIUM NIOBATE; VISIBLE LASERS;

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EID: 3743087441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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