Analysis and suppression of parasitic processes in noncollinear optical parametric amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 16797-16808

  Bromage, J ^a   Rothhardt, J ^b,c   Hadrich S ^b,c   Dorrer, C ^a   Jocher, C ^b   Demmler, S ^b   Limpert, J ^b,c   Tunnermann A ^b,c   Zuegel, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIED SIGNALS; FEW-CYCLE; NONCOLLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; OUTPUT ENERGY; PHASE-MATCHING CONDITION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SECOND HARMONICS; SIGNAL ENERGY; ULTRA-BROADBAND; WALK-OFF;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 80052189169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016797     Document Type: Article

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