In this letter we theoretically study the frequency mixing of two off-axis focused Gaussian beams. The optimal phase mismatch corresponding to maximized conversion efficiency depends on the separation of off-axis beams and can be expressed in terms of the phase velocities analytically, which provides an effective approach to measure the phase velocity distribution of a Gaussian beam.
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