Narrow-linewidth megahertz-repetition-rate optical parametric oscillator for high-speed flow and combustion diagnostics

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Jiang, Naibo ^a   Lempert, Walter R ^a   Switzer, Gary L ^b   Meyer, Terrence R ^c   Gord, James R ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TUNING;

CAVITY STABILIZATION; COMBUSTION DIAGNOSTICS; TOTAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 40749146816     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000064     Document Type: Article

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