Relative measurements of second-order susceptibility with reflective second-harmonic generation

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 6666-6671

  Flueraru, Costel ^a   Grover, Chander P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYACRYLATES; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENCY;

CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ; SECOND ORDER SUSCEPTIBILITY; THIN ORGANIC FILM;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 1842832922     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.006666     Document Type: Article

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