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Generation of Optical Harmonics

P. A. Franken, A. E. Hill, C. W. Peters, and G. Weinreich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 7, 118 – Published 15 August 1961
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  • Received 21 July 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.7.118

©1961 American Physical Society

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The Physical Review Journals Celebrate The International Year of Light

The editors of the Physical Review journals revisit papers that represent important breakthroughs in the field of optics.

Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective

2008 marked PRL’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.

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In 1961, researchers showed that laser light could be converted from one color to another, the first nonlinear optical effect, which led to uses ranging from quantum optics to eye surgery.

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P. A. Franken, A. E. Hill, C. W. Peters, and G. Weinreich

  • The Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Vol. 7, Iss. 4 — 15 August 1961

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