Optical vortex pumped mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 12220-12226

  Miyamoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Miyagi, Sachio ^a   Yamada, Masaki ^a   Furuki, Kenji ^a   Aoki, Nobuyuki ^a   Okida, Masahito ^a   Omatsu, Takashige ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PUMPING; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; MIDINFRARED; OPTICAL VORTICES; SECOND-HARMONIC; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RAYS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS;

EID: 79959476902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.012220     Document Type: Article

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