Nonlinear optics at maximum coherence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3485, Issue , 1998, Pages 26-34

  Sokolov, A V ^a   Yin, G Y ^a   Harris, S E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Eit; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; POLARIZATION;

LINEAR POLARIZATION; MAXIMAL COHERENCE; NONLINEAR GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATIONS; RAMAN RESONANCES; RAMAN TRANSITION; TWO-PHOTON DETUNING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0343433719     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.328253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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