Harmonic and supercontinuum generation in quadratic and cubic nonlinear optical media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1707-1711

  Wabnitz, S ^a   Kozlov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPS;

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PULSE; MIDINFRARED; NONLINEAR ENVELOPE EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MEDIA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL MEDIA; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATION; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 77956530464     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001707     Document Type: Article

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