European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC)

Optical image and data processing with cavity type -II second harmonic generation

Adrián Jacobo, Pere Colet

Published Jan 18, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

This study discusses optical image and data processing with type-II intracavity second harmonic generation. This work explores both the case of injecting a homogeneous field and an image and the case of injecting two images simultaneously.

DOI: 10.1109/eqec.2005.1567267

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