Optical parametric oscillator frequency tuning and control

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 646-667

  Eckardt, Robert C ^a   Nabors, C D ^a,b   Kozlovsky, William J ^a,c   Byer, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

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EID: 84975633435     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.8.000646     Document Type: Article

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