Domain wall characterization in ferroelectrics by using localized nonlinearities

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15597-15602

  Deng, Xuewei ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; CHERENKOV; DOMAIN WALL WIDTH; FINE STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; LOCALIZED NON-LINEARITIES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-CONTACT; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 77954911080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015597     Document Type: Article

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