Achromatic Phase Matching for Second Harmonic Generation of Femtosecond Pulses

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 2464-2468

  Martinez, Oscar Eduardo ^a  

^a Novartis Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MATCHING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0024917412     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.40630     Document Type: Article

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