Ultrashort-pulse second-harmonic generation with longitudinally nonuniform quasi-phasematching gratings: Pulse compression and shaping

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 304-318

  Imeshev, G ^a   Arbore, M A ^a,c   Fejer, M M ^a   Galvanauskas, A ^b   Fermann, M ^b   Harter, D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

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EID: 0034382175     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000304     Document Type: Article

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