Three-dimensional view of signal propagation in femtosecond four-wave mixing with application to the boxcars geometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 655-674

  Belabas, Nadia ^a   Jonas, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BOXCARS GEOMETRY; FEMTOSECOND FOUR WAVE MIXING SIGNALS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 17644380622     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000655     Document Type: Article

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