Cavity behavior of second and third harmonic inhomogeneous solutions of Maxwell's equations

Waves in Random and Complex Media

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-331

  Roppo, V ^a,b   Cojocaru, C ^a   Trull, J ^a   Vilaseca, R ^a   Scalora, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CM Bowden Research Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC FIELD; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LASER SOURCES; LOCALISATION; MATERIAL ABSORPTION; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPAQUE MATERIALS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHASE LOCKED; PHASE LOCKING PHENOMENA; RESONANCE CONDITION; SECOND AND THIRD HARMONICS; SPECTRAL REGION; STRONG FIELD;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953634345     PISSN: 17455030     EISSN: 17455049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17455030.2010.484842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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