Quaternary nonlinear optical crystals for the mid-infrared spectral range from 5 to 12 μm

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  Petrov, V ^a   Badikov, V ^b   Panyutin, V ^b  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Defect chalcopyrites; Down conversion; Mid infrared spectral range; Nonlinear optical crystals; Optical parametric amplifiers; Optical parametric oscillators; Solid solutions; Ternary and quaternary semiconductors; Ultrashort laser pulses

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249101574     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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