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Nonlinear Infrared Generation

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics ((TAP,volume 16))

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We summarize in Table 1.1 the experimental state of art of the various different methods of nonlinear infrared generation. Radiation from a black body at 1000 K is also listed as a comparison. We note that even at this early stage of development, nonlinear infrared generation has already led to tunable infrared sources with both higher peak power and higher average power than the black-body radiation.

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Shen, Y.R. (1977). Introduction. In: Shen, Y.R. (eds) Nonlinear Infrared Generation. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540079459_7

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