Continuous-wave ultraviolet emission through fourth-harmonic generation in a whisperinggallery resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 24139-24146

  Moore, Jeremy ^a   Tomes, Matthew ^a   Carmon, Tal ^a   Jarrahi, Mona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY BANDS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; RESONATORS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPACT SIZE; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CRYSTAL POLING; INFRARED SOURCE; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LOW PUMP POWER; NEAR INFRARED; PUMP POWER; RESONATOR QUALITY; SPECTRAL LINE; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCES; WHISPERING GALLERY RESONATORS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SOLID STATE LASER; TRANSDUCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHTING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 82055192065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024139     Document Type: Article

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