Theoretical analysis of the gain bandwidth for noncollinear parametric amplification of ultrafast pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2837-2846

  Schimpf, D N ^a   Rothhardt, J ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Tunnerman A ^a,b   Hanna, D C ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL GAIN; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHASE MATCHING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ANISOTROPIC NONLINEAR CRYSTAL; NONCOLLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC GAIN;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 37549018908     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002837     Document Type: Article

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