Femtosecond pulse synthesis by efficient second-harmonic generation in engineered quasi phase matching gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7448-7457

  Sapaev, Usman K ^a   Assanto, Gaetano ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHASE MATCHING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

GAUSSIAN PULSES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHASE MATCHING GRATINGS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34250192233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007448     Document Type: Article

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