Low-threshold, narrow-line THz-wave parametric oscillator with an intra-cavity grazing-incidence grating

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12571-12576

  Wang, T D ^a   Lin, Y Y ^a   Chen, S Y ^a   Chiang, A C ^a   Lin, S T ^a   Huang, Y C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ACTIVELY Q-SWITCHED; GRAZING-INCIDENCE GRATING; INTRACAVITIES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LOW THRESHOLDS; NARROW LINES; THRESHOLD ENERGY; THZ WAVES;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROWAVES; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 50049119424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012571     Document Type: Article

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