Review of the development of nonlinear materials for mid-IR generation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7115, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mason, Paul D ^a   Michaille, Laurent F ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GaAs; Higher order nonlinearity; Mid infrared; Nonlinear crystals; Quasi phasematching; Zngep2

Indexed keywords

GAAS; HIGHER-ORDER NONLINEARITY; MID INFRARED; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; QUASI-PHASEMATCHING; ZNGEP2;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 62649112432     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.803567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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