Asymmetric spectral broadening and temporal evolution of cross-phase-modulated third-harmonic pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-127

  Naumov, A N ^a   Zheltikov, A M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CROSS-PHASE MODULATION (XPM); PHASE-MATCHING CONDITIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; THIRD HARMONIC PULSES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141843115     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000122     Document Type: Article

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