Phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a ferroelectric liquid crystal waveguide

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 319-321

  Fazio, Valentina S U ^a   Lagerwall, Sven T ^a   Busson, Philippe ^b   Hult, Anders ^b   Motschmann, Hubert ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Max Plank lnstitute Colloids I   (Germany)

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EID: 0001427780     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126963     Document Type: Article

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