Bandwidth enhancement of second-harmonic generation with quadratic spatial-soliton generation versus conventional methods

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2769-2772

  Ohkawa, M ^a,b   Fuerst, R A ^a   Stegeman, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032348282     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002769     Document Type: Article

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