Laser-written waveguides in KTP for broadband type II second harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22308-22313

  Laurell, Fredrik ^a   Calmano, Thomas ^b   Müller, Sebastian ^b   Zeil, Peter ^a   Canalias, Carlota ^a   Huber, Günter ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; WAVEGUIDES;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; TYPE II;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CERAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84866713632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022308     Document Type: Article

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