Transverse patterns in nondegenerate intracavity second-harmonic generation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 4021-4040

  Longhi, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 0001431259     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.4021     Document Type: Article

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