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Science 19 November 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5444, pp. 1513 - 1517
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1513

Review

Parametric Generation of Tunable Light from Continuous-Wave to Femtosecond Pulses

Malcolm H. Dunn, Majid Ebrahimzadeh

By exploiting nonlinear optical effects, a technology of unprecedented flexibility for the production of tunable coherent light has been developed. Referred to as optical parametric generation, it provides sources with spectral coverage extending all the way from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared, and with temporal coverage extending over all time domains from the femtosecond pulse to the continuous wave. Such sources generate coherent light of outstanding optical quality and are now finding wide-ranging applications.

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, Scotland, UK.


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