Induced spectral broadening about a second harmonic generated by an intense primary ultrashort laser pulse in ZnSe crystals
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 35 (1) , 459-462
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.35.459
Abstract
The induced spectral broadening about a weak non-phase-matched 530-nm second-harmonic pulse is observed by propagating an intense primary 1060-nm picosecond laser pulse through ZnSe crystals. This broadening is attributed to the induced phase modulation of excitation states.Keywords
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