Multicharged vortex evolution in seeded second-harmonic generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1197-1204

  Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a   Torner, Lluis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PUMPING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

PHASE DISLOCATIONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0034377234     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001197     Document Type: Article

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