Design of a photonic crystal fiber for phase-matched frequency doubling or tripling

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 14255-14262

  Betourne A ^a   Quiquempois, Y ^a   Bouwmans, G ^a   Douay, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MATCHING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FREQUENCY-DOUBLING; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HARMONIC WAVE; INDEX MATCHING; SPECTRAL RANGE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 51149114373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014255     Document Type: Article

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