Simultaneous second- and third-harmonic generation in one-dimensional photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1370-1376

  Konotop, Vladimir V ^a   Kuzmiak, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION (THG); TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE) POLARIZED WAVES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0033243825     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001370     Document Type: Article

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