Extremely large nonresonant second-order nonlinear optical response in crystals of the stilbazolium salt DAPSH

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1786-1793

  Figi, Harry ^a   Mutter, Lukas ^a   Hunziker, Christoph ^a   Jazbinšek, Mojca ^a   Günter, Peter ^a   Coe, Benjamin J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHROMOPHORES;

FUNDAMENTAL WAVELENGTH; HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATES; LARGE BIREFRINGENCE; MICROSCOPIC NON-LINEARITY; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS; QUADRATIC OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL; STILBAZOLIUM SALT;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 59949093878     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001786     Document Type: Article

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