Suppression of nonlinear optical signals in finite interaction volumes of bulk materials

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9714-9720

  Cattaneo, Stefano ^a   Siltanen, Mikael ^a   Wang, Fu Xiang ^a   Kauranen, Martti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; FINITE INTERACTION VOLUMES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL SIGNALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 28044465141     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009714     Document Type: Article

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