Nonlinear X-Waves

Localized Waves

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 243-272

  Conti, Claudio ^a,b   Trillo, Stefano ^b,c  

^a MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffraction and nonlinear length scales; Experimentally and numerically investigated cases; Second harmonic generation (SHG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889446819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470168981.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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