Random quasi-phase-matching in bulk polycrystalline isotropic nonlinear materials

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7015, 2004, Pages 374-376

  Baudrier Raybaut, M ^a   Haidar R ^a   Kupecek, Ph ^a,b   Lemasson, Ph ^c   Rosencher, E ^a,d  

^a Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION;

LIGHT WAVES; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHING; THREE-WAVE MIXING;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

LASER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; LIGHT; MATERIAL STATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; WAVEFORM;

EID: 9244258654     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03027     Document Type: Article

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