Generation of mid-infrared radiation in a highly absorbing nonlinear medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 340-343

  Khurgin, Jacob B ^a   Yang, Di ^a   Ding, Yujie J ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

NONLINEAR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0141567553     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000340     Document Type: Article

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