Stable self-guided propagation of two optical harmonics coupled by a microwave or a terahertz wave

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2026-2031

  Steblina, Victoria V ^a   Buryak, Alexander V ^a   Sammut, Rowland A ^a   Zhou, Deyu ^b   Segev, Mordechai ^b   Prucnal, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT; MICROWAVES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLITONS;

OPTICAL BEAMS;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034553747     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.002026     Document Type: Article

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