Generation of tunable mid-IR (5.5-9.3 μm) from a 2-μm pumped ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator

Optics Communications

Volumn 241, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Haidar, S ^a   Miyamoto, K ^a   Ito, H ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical parametric oscillator; Parametric down conversion; ZnGeP2 crystal

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SILVER COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY MIXING (DFM); PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION; PULSE ENERGY; ZNGEP2 CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 6344261980     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.06.065     Document Type: Article

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