Effects of axial field components on second harmonic generation microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1167-1174

  Yew, Elijah Y S ^a   Sheppard, Colin J R ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; POLARIZATION; TENSORS;

AXIAL FIELD COMPONENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD COMPONENTS; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY TENSOR; RADIALLY POLARIZED MODES;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 32644436575     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001167     Document Type: Article

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