Third-harmonic generation by use of focused Gaussian beams in an optical superlattice

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 360-365

  Xu, Guo Ding ^a   Ren, Tie Wei ^a   Wang, Yue Hua ^a   Zhu, Yong Yuan ^a   Zhu, Shi Ning ^a   Ming, Nai Ben ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOCUSING; HARMONIC GENERATION; PHASE MEASUREMENT; WAVE EQUATIONS;

THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION (THG);

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0037499548     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000360     Document Type: Article

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