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Wavelength Up-Conversion Using a Phonon-Assisted Excitation Process and Its Application to Optical Pulse-Shape Measurement

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This chapter describes experimental results for wavelength up-conversion using a phonon-assisted excitation process with degenerate beams and nondegenerate beams in dye grains. Optical pulse-shape measurement is also introduced as a new application of the phonon-assisted excitation process.

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This chapter is a reconstituted document based on Refs. [4, 15], and [22]. This work was partially supported by a New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) project on a comprehensive activity for personal training and industry-academia collaboration.

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Fujiwara, H. (2013). Wavelength Up-Conversion Using a Phonon-Assisted Excitation Process and Its Application to Optical Pulse-Shape Measurement. In: Ohtsu, M. (eds) Progress in Nanophotonics 2. Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35719-0_4

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