Nanosecond terahertz optical parametric oscillator with a novel quasi phase matching scheme in lithium niobate

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6623-6628

  Molter, D ^a   Theuer, M ^a   Beigang, R ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PHASE MATCHING; PUMPING (LASER); TERAHERTZ WAVES;

CASCADED PROCESS; EMISSION FREQUENCY; PARALLEL PROPAGATION; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; SPECTRAL NARROWING; TERAHERTZ GENERATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIOBIUM; OSCILLOMETRY; OXIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 65149096124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006623     Document Type: Article

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