Pulse shaping and compression by second-harmonic generation with quasi-phase-matching gratings in the presence of arbitrary dispersion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1420-1437

  Imeshev, G ^a   Arbore, M A ^a,b   Kasriel, S ^a,c   Fejer, M M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

PULSE SHAPING;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0034374270     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001420     Document Type: Article

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