Simultaneous second-harmonic generation and femtosecond-pulse compression in aperiodically poled KTiOPO4 with a RbTiOAsO4-based optical parametric oscillator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1553-1560

  Loza Alvarez, P ^a   Reid, D T ^a   Faller, P ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, M ^a   Sibbett, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER); RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND-PULSE COMPRESSION; FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 4243387094     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001553     Document Type: Article

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