Second-harmonic generation with focused beams under conditions of large group-velocity mismatch

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 591-598

  Saltiel, Solomon M ^a   Koynov, Kaloian ^b   Agate, Ben ^c   Sibbett, Wilson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; LIGHT VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FOCUSING RATIO; GROUP VELOCITY MISMATCH;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 4544243427     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000591     Document Type: Article

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