Phase-dependent interactions between three-wave spatial solitons in bulk quadratic media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2133-2141

  Simos, Christos ^a,c   Couderc, Vincent ^a   Barthélémy, Alain ^a   Buryak, Alexander V ^b,d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d Bandwidth Foundry Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE CONTROL;

POWER IMBALANCE;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0242301206     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002133     Document Type: Article

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