Matching molecular and optical multipoles in photoisomerizable nonlinear systems

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1276-1282

  Piron, Rozenn ^a   Brasselet, Sophie ^a   Josse, Dominique ^a   Zyss, Joseph ^a   Viscardi, Guido ^b   Barolo, Claudia ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ALL OPTICAL POLING COUPLING; PHOTOISOMERIZABLE NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 21244491259     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001276     Document Type: Article

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