Numerical study of fourth-harmonic generation of a picosecond laser pulse with time predelay

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1166-1178

  Zhang, Tiejun ^a,b   Kato, Yoshiaki ^a   Daido, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

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EID: 0030552477     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001166     Document Type: Article

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