Efficient nonlinear frequency conversion with a dynamically structured nonlinearity

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6919-6930

  Hartinger, K ^a   Nirmalgandhi, S ^a   Wilson, J ^a   Bartels, Randy A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ALIGNED MOLECULES; MOLECULAR ALIGNMENT; MOLECULAR GASES; QUASI PHASE MATCHING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 24944472755     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006919     Document Type: Article

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