Polarized second-harmonic generation with broadband femtosecond pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1113-1121

  Canfield, Brian K ^a   Laiho, Kaisa ^a,b   Kauranen, Martti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Max Planck Jr Research Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND FEMTOSECOND PULSES; POLARIZED SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION; QUARTER WAVE PLATES (QWPS); SPECTRALLY BROAD FEMTOSECOND PULSE;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34250731305     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001113     Document Type: Article

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