New nonlinear laser effects in α-quartz: Generation of a two-octave Stokes and anti-Stokes comb and cascaded lasing in the spectral range of the second and third harmonics

Physics-Uspekhi

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 899-909

  Kaminskii, A A ^a   Bohaty L ^b   Becker, P ^b   Eichler, H J ^c   Rhee, H ^c  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUNN OSCILLATORS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASERS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

COMB GENERATION; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY MIXING; FREQUENCY CONVERSION PROCESSES; LASER CRYSTALS; LASER EFFECTS; STOKES WAVELENGTH; THIRD HARMONICS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS; WIDE-RANGE;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 58449087114     PISSN: 10637869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n09ABEH006650     Document Type: Article

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