Orthorhombic crystals of lithium thioindate and selenoindate for nonlinear optics in the mid-IR

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  Zondy, J J ^a   Petrov, V ^b   Yelisseyev, Alexander ^c   Lobanov, S ^c   Isaenko, Ludmila ^c  

^a Unité de Recherches Mesures Physiques Métrologie   (France)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Down conversion; Lithium selenoindate; Lithium thioindate; Mid infrared spectral range; Nonlinear optical crystals; Optical parametric amplifiers; Optical parametric oscillators; Ultrashort laser pulses

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149089197     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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