Measurement of the χ(2) tensor of the potassium niobate crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2109-2116

  Pack, Michael V ^a   Armstrong, Darrell J ^a   Smith, Arlee V ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TENSORS;

BIAXIAL CRYSTALS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0242364259     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002109     Document Type: Article

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