Macroscopic model of second-harmonic generation in a dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 339-345

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a   Venugopal, Vijayakumar C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bianisotropic medium; Thin film; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC FILMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC THIN FILM HELICOIDAL BIANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PHASORS;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0030402879     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19961220)13:6<339::aid-mop9>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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