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Large Self-Phase Modulation via Simultaneous Second Harmonic Generation and Sum Frequency Mixing

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Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes

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The effect of obtaining large self-phase modulation of the fundamental wave participating in second order nonlinear optical processes such as second harmonic generation (SHG) and sum frequency generation (SFG) via cascading was investigated extensively in last few years[15].

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Koynov, K., Saltiel, S. (1999). Large Self-Phase Modulation via Simultaneous Second Harmonic Generation and Sum Frequency Mixing. In: Boardman, A.D., Pavlov, L., Tanev, S. (eds) Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes. NATO Science Series, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0850-1_19

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