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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 041901(2025)

Nonlinear Cherenkov radiation in rotatory nonlinear optics

Zhongmian Zhang¹, Dazhi Lu^1、*, Haohai Yu^1、**, Huaijin Zhang¹, and Yicheng Wu^1,2

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¹State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

²Institute of Functional Crystals, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Aug. 12, 2024

Accepted: Oct. 12, 2024

Posted: Oct. 14, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 18, 2025

The Author Email: Dazhi Lu (dazhi.lu@sdu.edu.cn), Haohai Yu (haohaiyu@sdu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.041901

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.041901

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