Experimental and theoretical investigation of generation of a cross-polarized wave by cascading of two different second-order processes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 268-279

  Petrov, G I ^a   Albert, O ^b   Minkovski, N ^a   Etchepare, J ^b   Saltiel, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

CROSS-POLARIZED WAVES; QUADRATIC CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141428770     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000268     Document Type: Article

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