Investigation of the spatial distribution of second-order nonlinearity in thermally poled optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3500-3505

  An, Honglin ^a   Fleming, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ETCHING; LASER OPTICS; MICROSENSORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SILICA;

ETCHED POLED FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS; SECOND HARMONIC MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 21244499746     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003500     Document Type: Article

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