Effective lensing effects in parametric frequency conversion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 852-859

  Conti, C ^a,b   Trillo, S ^a,b   Di Trapani, P ^c   Kilius, J ^c,d   Bramati, A ^c   Minardi, S ^c   Chinaglia, W ^c   Valiulis, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

LENSING EFFECTS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0010834569     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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