Near-field nonlinear optical spectroscopy of Langmuir–Blodgett films

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2156-2162

  Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a   Geisler, Tommy ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM NEON LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT SOURCES; MULTILAYERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

NEAR FIELD NONLINEAR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 0032134656     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002156     Document Type: Article

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