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Pure and Applied Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part A

Electromagnetic resonances and phase matching in guided-wave nonlinear optics

R. Reinisch, Gerd Blau, Guy Vitrant, N. Primeau, Ioan Baltog

Published Sep 1, 1996• 1 citation
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the interplay between electromagnetic resonances and the phase-matching condition in guided-wave nonlinear optics. Several examples are given: quasi phase-matched second-harmonic generation using a grating with a subwavelength periodicity, cascaded optical bistability, Kerr-type distributed couplers under pulse illumination with duration of the order of the cavity build-up time or shorter, surface plasmon-enhanced stimulated Raman scattering at a grating overcoated by a few monolayers of a Raman active medium.

DOI
10.1088/0963-9659/5/5/018

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