Stability of the singly resonant optical parametric oscillator

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2687-2699

  Phillips, C R ^a   Fejer, M M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; STABILITY;

DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; GROUP-VELOCITY MISMATCH; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTRACAVITIES; OSCILLATION THRESHOLD; PLANE WAVE; PUMP POWER; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SPECTRAL REGION; TEMPORAL MODULATIONS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 78649949459     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002687     Document Type: Article

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