• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, 168 (2015)
Guang-Zhen Li1、2, Yu-Ping Chen1、2、*, Hao-Wei Jiang1、2, and Xian-Feng Chen1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Key Laboratory for Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center,Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Guang-Zhen Li, Yu-Ping Chen, Hao-Wei Jiang, Xian-Feng Chen. Enhanced Kerr electro-optic nonlinearity and its application in controlling second-harmonic generation[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 168 Copy Citation Text show less
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