Orbital angular momentum in noncollinear second-harmonic generation by off-axis vortex beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2806-2811

  Bovino, Fabio Antonio ^a   Braccini, Matteo ^b   Giardina, Maurizio ^a   Sibilia, Concita ^b  

^a Quantum Optics Lab   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BAND STRUCTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; VORTEX FLOW;

BBO CRYSTALS; FEMTOSECONDS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; INPUT FIELD; NONCOLLINEAR; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL VORTICES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PHASE-MATCHING CONDITION; SECOND-HARMONIC; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; VORTEX BEAMS; ZERO ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 80155187583     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002806     Document Type: Article

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