Multimode guided-wave non-3ω third-harmonic generation by ultrashort laser pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2263-2269

  Zheltikov, Aleksei ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER TUNING; MONOCHROMATORS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

MULTIMODE GUIDED-WAVE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 28244438379     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002263     Document Type: Article

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