Observation of second-harmonic generation in an oriented glassy nematic phase of a closo-decaborane derivative

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Miniewicz, Andrzej ^a,c   Samoc, Anna ^a   Samoc, Marek ^a   Kaszynski, Piotr ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DERIVATIVES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMICS;

FLUID NEMATIC STATES; HYPERPOLARIZABILITY; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SELLMEIER TYPE EQUATIONS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 34548019032     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2767868     Document Type: Article

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