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Photonic Band Gap Structures in Planar Nonlinear Waveguides: Application to Second Harmonic Generation

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The properties of photonic band gap structures are discussed in view of their applications to second harmonic generation.

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Bertolotti, M., Sibilia, C. (2001). Photonic Band Gap Structures in Planar Nonlinear Waveguides: Application to Second Harmonic Generation. In: Driessen, A. (eds) Nonlinear Optics for the Information Society. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1267-1_11

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