Second-harmonic generation in nano-structured LiTaO3- and LiNbO3-xerogels with randomly oriented ferroelectric grains

Optical Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 504-509

  Lisinski, Susanne ^a   Ratke, Lorenz ^a   Schaniel, Dominik ^b   Jungk, Tobias ^c   Soergel, Elisabeth ^c   Boysen, Hans ^d   Woike, Theo ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disordered material; Grain size; Second harmonic generation; Sintering; Sol gel method; Xerogel

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; XEROGELS;

DISORDERED MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC GRAINS; GRAIN SIZE; NANO-STRUCTURED; OUTPUT ENERGY; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SHG EFFICIENCY;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 73449092792     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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