Analysis of Second-Harmonic Generation by Unamplified, High-Repetition-Rate, Ultrashort Laser Pulses at Si(001) Interfaces

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1145-1155

  Dadap, J I ^a   Hu, X F ^a   Russell, N M ^a   Ekerdt, J G ^a   Lowell, J K ^b   Downer, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MICROELECTRONICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SURFACES; TITANIUM;

PARASITIC SURFACE HEATING; PUMP PHOTON ENERGIES; SIGNAL ACQUISITION RATE; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES; UNAMPLIFIED SOLID STATE FEMTOSECOND LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0029489799     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.488693     Document Type: Article

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