Colored conical emission by means of second-harmonic generation.

We predict that the combination of space and time modulational instabilities that occur by means of parametric wave mixing in quadratic media leads to colored conical emission. This phenomenon should be observed under conditions usually employed in second-harmonic experiments.

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