Third-harmonic generation in disguise of second-harmonic generation revisited: Role of thin-film thickness and carrier-envelope phase

Optics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-189

  Van Vlack, C ^a   Hughes, S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER ENVELOPE PHASE; EXCITATION PULSES; PULSE PROPAGATION;

HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REVERSE ENGINEERING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33847340688     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.32.000187     Document Type: Article

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