Phase matching in cascaded third-order processes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 822-831

  Durfee, Charles G ^a   Misoguti, Lino ^b   Backus, Sterling ^b   Kapteyn, Henry C ^b   Murnane, Margaret M ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

THIRD-ORDER PROCESSES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0012071461     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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