Squeezing due to cascaded second-order nonlinearities in quasi-phase-matched media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Noirie, L ^a   Vidakovic P ^a   Levenson, J A ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

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EID: 0031542648     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000001     Document Type: Article

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