Efficiency of non-phase-matched second-harmonic generation by Gaussian pulses

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5010-5017

  Perlov, Dan ^a   Roth, Michael ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Gaussian pulses; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000505958     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005010     Document Type: Article

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