Periodically switched nonlinear structures for frequency conversion: Theory and experimental demonstration

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1122-1130

  Artigas, David ^a   Rafailov, Edik U ^b   Loza Alvarez, Pablo ^a   Sibbett, Wilson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; GROUP VELOCITY MISMATCH; PERIODICALLY SWITCHED NONLINEARITY; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 4043107845     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.831644     Document Type: Article

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