Effects of laser and particle beams on the synthesis and nonlinear optical response of nanostructures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2991, Issue , 1997, Pages 90-101

  Haglund Jr , Richard F ^a   Afonso Rodriguez, Carmen N ^b   Battaglin, Giancarlo ^c   Godbole, Mukund ^d   Gonella, Francesco ^d   Hamilton, John D ^a   Lowndes, Douglas H ^d   Magruder III, Robert H ^a   Mazzoldi, Paolo ^d   Osborne Jr , Dannie H ^a   Solis J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation at step defects; All optical devices; Beam assisted growth; Cluster formation; Layering; Nanostructures; Nonlinear optics; Patterning

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ION BEAMS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LASERS; LIGHT; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE DEFECTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

AGGREGATION AT STEP DEFECTS; ALL-OPTICAL DEVICES; BEAM-ASSISTED GROWTH; CLUSTER FORMATION; LAYERING; PATTERNING;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 58749110314     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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