Second-harmonic generation in zinc tris(Thiourea) sulfate

Applied Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 1992, Pages 5051-5060

  Marcy, H O ^a   Warren, L F ^a   Webb, M S ^b   Ebbers, C A ^b   Velsko, S P ^b   Kennedy, G C ^c   Catella, G C ^c  

^a ROCKWELL SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Cleveland Crystals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical; Phase matching; Second harmonic generation; Zinc tris(thiourea) sulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001078568     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.31.005051     Document Type: Article

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