Absolute nonlinear optical probes of surface chirality

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Huttunen, Mikko J ^a   Erkintalo, Miro ^a   Kauranen, Martti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chirality; Radial polarization; Second harmonic generation; Vector diffraction theory

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHIRALITY; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; POLARIZATION; PROBES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

AZIMUTHAL SYMMETRIES; CHIRAL PROPERTIES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INCIDENT BEAMS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; NONLINEAR OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; NORMAL INCIDENCES; OPTICAL BEAMS; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION; SURFACE CHIRALITIES; VECTOR DIFFRACTION THEORY;

ENANTIOMERS;

EID: 63749100389     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/3/034006     Document Type: Article

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