730-nm optical parametric conversion from near- To short-wave infrared band

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5435-5443

  Chavez Boggio, J M ^a   Windmiller, J R ^a   Knutzen, M ^b   Jiang, R ^a   Bres, C ^a   Alic, N ^a   Stossel, B ^c   Rottwitt, K ^b   Radic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); INFRARED RADIATION; SILICA; WAVE EFFECTS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CONVERSION; SHORT-WAVE INFRARED BAND;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 42149170034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005435     Document Type: Article

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