Counterpropagating quasi-phase matching: A generalized analysis

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1509-1521

  Landry, Gary D ^a   Maldonado, Theresa A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

COUNTERPROPAGATING QUASI PHASE MATCHING; NONLINEAR EIGENMODES; NONLINEAR MIXING PROCESS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 10044239445     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001509     Document Type: Article

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