More than 1000-nm-wide Mid-IR frequency comb based on divide-by-2 optical parametric oscillator

Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vodopyanov, Konstantin L ^a   Leindecker, Nick C ^a   Byer, Robert L ^a   Pervak, Vladimir ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVIDE-BY-2; FEMTOSECONDS; FREQUENCY COMBS; IR FREQUENCIES; MIDINFRARED; NEW APPROACHES;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER);

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77957608357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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