General analysis of type I second-harmonic generation with elliptical Gaussian beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2010-2016

  Freegarde, Tim ^a   Coutts, Julian ^a,c   Walz, Jochen ^b   Leibfried, Dietrich ^b,d   Hansch T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c Morgan Grenfell Quantit I   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031493451     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002010     Document Type: Article

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