Second-harmonic generation using 4-quasi-phasematching in a GaAs whispering-gallery-mode microcavity

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kuo, Paulina S ^a   Bravo Abad, Jorge ^a,b   Solomon, Glenn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL PROPERTY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOUR QUASI PHASEMATCHING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84894514706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4109     Document Type: Article

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