Demonstration of vortex-induced beam shaping in seeded second-harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 110-115

  Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a   Minardi, Stefano ^a   Bramati, Alberto ^a   Di Trapani, Paolo ^a   Torner, Lluis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HOLOGRAMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SOLITONS; TOPOLOGY;

BEAM MODULATION; PARAMETRIC PROCESSES; PULSE PROPAGATION; TRANSVERSE EFFECTS IN;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0001361939     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000110     Document Type: Article

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