Second-harmonic generation by a partially coherent beam
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 36 (1) , 202-206
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.36.202
Abstract
The effect of degradation of the coherence of the pump beam by a random phase screen on the conversion efficiency in the second-harmonic generation process is considered. It is shown that, under suitable conditions, the conversion efficiency can be increased significantly.Keywords
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