Abstract
We have studied the influence of cascaded second-order effects on the spectral density of a second-harmonic pulse generated in thin KDP and -barium borate crystals by an intense femtosecond pulse. A noticeable evolution of spectral density is recorded for any value of phase mismatch. This evolution is in good agreement with the solution of the nonlinear propagation equation and allows a simple direct measurement of the effective susceptibility of the studied crystals.
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