Second-harmonic generation and cascaded second-order processes in a counterpropagating quasi-phase-matched device

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 7809-7820

  Landry, Gary D ^a   Maldonado, Theresa A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

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EID: 0003143988     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007809     Document Type: Article

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