Symmetry and phase-matching properties of third-harmonic generation under the photoelastic effect in Ge-As-Se chalcogenide glasses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1486-1492

  Douady, Julien ^a   Boulanger, Benoǐt ^a   Fuchs, Emmanuel ^a   Smektala, Frédéric ^b   Troles, Johann ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELASTICITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PHASE MATCHING PROPERTIES; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 22944489528     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001486     Document Type: Article

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