Characterization and application of femtosecond infrared stimulated parametric emission microscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 787-795

  Liu, Xuejun ^a   Rudolph, Wolfgang ^a   Thomas, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; POLYMER FILMS; SAPPHIRE;

ELECTRONIC RESONANCE; FEMTOSECOND LIGHT PULSE; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; MOLECULAR RESONANCES; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE DETECTION; SECOND HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; THIRD-ORDER SUSCEPTIBILITY;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 77955700181     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000787     Document Type: Article

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