@ARTICLE\{IMM2001-0159, author = "O. Bang and J. F. Corney", title = "Asymmetric induced cubic nonlinearities in homogeneous and quasi-phase-matched quadratic materials: signature and importance", year = "2001", month = "dec", pages = "42", journal = "Optics and Photonics News", volume = "12", editor = "", number = "12", publisher = "", url = "http://www2.compute.dtu.dk/pubdb/pubs/159-full.html", abstract = "In continuous-wave operation asymmetric induced nonlinearities induce an intensity-dependent phase mismatch that implies a nonzero so-called separatrix intensity, the crossing of which changes the one-period phase shift of the fundamental by Pi , with obvious use in switching applications.We derived a formula for this {QPM-}induced separatrix intensity that corrects earlier estimates by a factor of 5.{3,} and we found the optimum crystal lengths for a flat phase-versus-intensity response on each side of the separatrix" }