Molecular C2H2 and HCN lasers pumped by an optical parametric oscillator in the 1.5-μm band

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1946-1951

  Nampoothiri, A V V ^a   Ratanavis, A ^a   Campbell, N ^a   Rudolph, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPS; ROTATION;

C-BANDS; HCN LASER; LASER LINES; PUMP VIBRATIONS; ROTATION STATE; VIBRATIONAL STATE;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 76149139765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001946     Document Type: Article

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