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Diffraction Beam Interaction in Quadratic Nonlinear Media

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Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes

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Nonlinear dispersion of coupled cw plane waves in quadratic media is considered. The parametric 2D- and 3D-soliton properties are discussed taking into account diffraction, dispersion and walk-off effect. Mutual self-focusing and defocusing are examined in the frame of ray optics theory. The formation of half-period parametric solitons due to femtosecond pulse interaction is also presented.

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  2. Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

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  3. Optiwave Corporation, Nepean, Ontario, Canada

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Sukhorukov, A.P. (1999). Diffraction Beam Interaction in Quadratic Nonlinear Media. 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_6

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