Nonlinear polarization rotation of elliptical light in cubic crystals, with application to cross-polarized wave generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2635-2641

  Jullien, Aurélie ^a,b   Albert, Olivier ^a   Chériaux, Gilles ^a   Etchepare, Jean ^a   Kourtev, Stoyan ^c   Minkovski, Nikolay ^c   Saltiel, Solomon M ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

CROSS POLARIZED WAVE GENERATION; CUBIC CRYSTALS; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 30844462752     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002635     Document Type: Article

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