Pulse shaping via backward second harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 2115-2121

  Conforti, Matteo ^a   De Angelis, Costantino ^a   Sapaev, Usman K ^b   Assanto, Gaetano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; HARMONIC GENERATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDES;

PULSE SHAPING; PUMP DEPLETION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 39049139685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002115     Document Type: Article

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