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Optics Letters

Large nonlinear phase shifts in second-order nonlinear-optical processes

G. I. Stegeman, Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae, Eric Van Stryland, Gaetano Assanto

Published Jan 1, 1993• 293 citations
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Abstract

We show that processes such as second-harmonic generation and subsequent downconversion, and parametric mixing in general, can lead to large field-dependent phase shifts for the input beams under a variety of conditions.
DOI
10.1364/ol.18.000013

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