Study on the spectral characteristics of the cascaded parametric conversion in a single cavity tandem multi-channel ppmglns-based optical parametric oscillator

Laser Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1383-1388

  Wu, B ^a   Yang, D Z ^a   Jiang, P P ^a   Chen, T ^a   Kong, J ^a   Shen, Y H ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTIC Q-SWITCHED; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOWER PUMP POWER; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MULTI-CHANNEL; ND:GDVO4 LASER; PARAMETRIC PROCESS; PERIODICALLY POLED; PUMP POWER; SIGNAL POWER; SINGLE CAVITY; SINGLE STAGE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

MAGNESIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; POWER SPECTRUM; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 70350084990     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: 15556611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1054660X09070019     Document Type: Article

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