Second-harmonic specular and scattered generated light: Application to the experimental study of zinc-sulfide thin films

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6319-6324

  Enoch, S ^a   Akhouayri, H ^a  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Scattering; Second harmonic generation; Thin film; Zinc sulfide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344591448     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006319     Document Type: Article

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