Giant enhancement of optical nonlinearity in multilayer metallic films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Huang, J P ^a,b   Dong, L ^a,c   Yu, K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY;

ABSORPTION BAND; MULTILAYER METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33645224241     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2175477     Document Type: Article

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