Configurationally locked, phenolic polyene organic crystal 2-{3-(4-hydroxystyryl)-5,5-dimethylcyclohex-2-enylidene}malononitrile: Linear and nonlinear optical properties

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1678-1683

  Hunziker, Christoph ^a   Kwon, Seong Ji ^a   Figi, Harry ^a   Juvalta, Flurin ^a   Kwon, O Pil ^a,b   Jazbinsek, Mojca ^a   Günter, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELECTRO OPTIC COEFFICIENT; ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; FUNDAMENTAL WAVELENGTH; LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MAKER FRINGE TECHNIQUE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL TENSORS; ORGANIC NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 54749120766     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001678     Document Type: Article

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