Quadratic Cascading Effects in Broadband Optical Parametric Generation
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We investigate theoretically and experimentally multistep processes in broadband optical parametric generation (OPG) and demonstrate the possibility to control fine features in the gain spectra via the OPG pump. OCIS codes: 190.4410; 230.4320; 190.7110
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