Colored Conical Emission by Means of Second Harmonic Generation in a Quadratically Nonlinear Medium

Summary

Observes colored conical emission from spatiotemporal instability and parametric wave mixing during second-harmonic generation.

Why this work matters

Reveals a mechanism for reshaping angular spectra and enabling ultrabroadband frequency upconversion.

Citation details

Authors

Heping Zeng, Jian Wu, Han Xu, Kun Wu, E. Wu

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Year

2004

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.143903