Noncollinear optical parametric amplification in potassium titanyl phosphate pumped at 800 nm

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2870-2873

  Nienhuys, Han Kwang ^a   Bakker, Huib J ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; OPTICAL PUMPING; POTASSIUM;

FS PULSE; NONCOLLINEAR; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; SEED PULSE; WHITE LIGHT;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 49749106278     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002870     Document Type: Article

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