Aggregation-induced second-harmonic generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 484-488

  Ashwell, Geoffrey J ^a   Leeson, Paul ^a   Bahra, Gurmit S ^b   Brown, Christopher R ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032327193     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000484     Document Type: Article

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