Maker fringes revisited: Second-harmonic generation from birefringent or absorbing materials

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 416-427

  Herman, Warren N ^a   Michael Hayden, L ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MAKER FRINGES; SECOND HARMONIC REFLECTIONS;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0029273599     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.12.000416     Document Type: Article

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