A. Le-nescopo and .. Opo, 52 C. Proposition d'une nouvelle architecture de Dropo simplifiée et contrôlée en phase, 56 A. Quels objectifs pour le NesCOPO, p.57

.. Caractéristiques-du-cristal-non-linéaire, 58 3. Considérations sur les contraintes mécaniques d'une oscillation monomode, p.61

I. Caractérisations-du-nescopo and .. , 66 A. Dispositif expérimental et procédure d'alignement, p.67

N. Du-nescopo and .. , 75 I. Maîtrise de la forme de la bande de gain paramétrique, p.77

I. Nouveau-type-d-'accord-en-fréquence-du-nescopo-vernier and .. , 92 A. Accord fréquentiel discontinu par translation longitudinale des miroirs de cavité, p.93

.. Façonnage-de-la-bande-de-gain-et-oscillation-bimode, 114 A. Le NesCOPO, vers une nouvelle source de rayonnement térahertz ?, 114 B. Obtention d'une oscillation bimode stable à l'aide du NesCOPO .................. 115

.. Démonstration-et-caractérisation-d-'une-Émission-bimode-stable, 123 1. Observation d'une oscillation bimode stable à l'aide d'un analyseur de spectre optique, 123 2. Caractérisation temporelle de l'émission des modes, p.125

G. , I. Retour-sur-la-spectroscopie-infrarouge, and .. , 130 A. Généralités sur la spectroscopie infrarouge par absorption, Chapitre 4. Applications à la spectroscopie infrarouge des 130 B. Contraintes expérimentales liées au choix du CO 2 atmosphérique comme gaz de test, p.132

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