Optical parametric amplifiers using nonuniform quasi-phase-matched gratings. II. space-time evolution of light pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 680-697

  Charbonneau Lefort, Mathieu ^a   Afeyan, Bedros ^b   Fejer, M M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYMATH RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE MATCHING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AMPLIFIED LIGHT; LIGHT PULSE; LINEAR PHASE; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHING GRATING; SPACE-TIME EVOLUTION; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LASER; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 59749089527     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000680     Document Type: Article

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