Generation of ultra-broadband pulses in the near-IR by non-collinear optical parametric amplification in potassium titanyl phosphate

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3949-3954

  Isaienko, Oleksandr ^a   Borguet, Eric ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE MATCHING; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PULSE COMPRESSION;

BROADBAND PHASE MATCHING; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATES; ULTRA BROADBAND PULSES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE LASER;

AMPLIFIERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 41149120121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003949     Document Type: Article

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