Effect of group-velocity mismatch on amplitude and phase modulation of picosecond pulses in quadratically nonlinear media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3242-3252

  Kobyakov, A ^a   Schmidt, E ^a   Lederer, F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0031476189     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.003242     Document Type: Article

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