Quasi-phase-matched third harmonic generation in optical fibers using refractive-index gratings

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 622-629

  Tarnowski, Karol ^a   Kibler, Bertrand ^b   Finot, Christophe ^b   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; gratings; optical fibers; optical phase matching; third harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODE; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; GRATING CONSTANT; GRATINGS; INDEX GRATING; NONLINEAR CONTRIBUTIONS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; OPTICAL PHASE MATCHING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHASE MATCHING CONDITIONS; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED; SCHRDINGER EQUATIONS; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIBERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MATCHING;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 79953196129     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2107888     Document Type: Article

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