Lissajous singularities.
Coherent optical Lissajous states are easily created by nonlinear processes such as second-harmonic generation (SHG). Singular properties of such states are discussed and illustrated theoretically with non-phase-matched SHG of an ellipse field containing a C point.
Kessler
David A
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Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel. kessler@dave.ph.biu.ac.il
Freund
Isaac
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