Second-order optical nonlinearity and accompanying near-surface structural modifications in thermally poled soda-lime silicate glasses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2303-2309

  An, Honglin ^a   Fleming, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MODIFICATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SILICATES;

OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; SODA-LIME SILICATE GLASSES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION; THERMAL POLING;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 33845991197     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002303     Document Type: Article

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