Type I and type II second harmonic generation of conically refracted beams. 2013

Alex Turpin, and Yurii V Loiko, and Todor K Kalkandjiev, and Jose Trull, and Crina Cojocaru, and Jordi Mompart
Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. alejandro.turpin@uab.cat

Type I and type II second harmonic generation (SHG) of a beam transformed by the conical refraction phenomenon are presented. We show that, for type I, the second harmonic intensity pattern is a light ring with a point of null intensity while, for type II, the light ring possesses two dark regions. Taking into account the different two-photon processes involved in SHG, we have derived analytical expressions for the resulting transverse intensity patterns that are in good agreement with the experimental data. Finally, we have investigated the spatial evolution of the second harmonic signals, showing that they behave as conically refracted beams.

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