Experimental characterization of the nonlinear optical and magneto-optical properties of interfaces

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 187-195

  McHugh, Damien ^a   Atkinson, Ron ^a   Kubrakov, Nikolai F ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ELLIPSOMETRIC TECHNIQUE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 13344283393     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000187     Document Type: Article

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