Quasi-phase-matching of momentum and energy in nonlinear optical processes

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 570-575

  Bahabad, Alon ^a   Murnane, Margaret M ^a   Kapteyn, Henry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL PROCESSING; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DIFFRACTIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; SPATIAL MODULATIONS;

HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

PHASE MATCHING;

EID: 77955228560     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.122     Document Type: Article

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