Monte Carlo studies of the intrinsic second hyperpolarizability

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1849-1856

  Shafei, Shoresh ^a   Kuzyk, Mark C ^a,b   Kuzyk, Mark G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EIGENSTATES; FIRST HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; MONTE CARLO STUDY; SECOND HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; SECOND-ORDER HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; STATE ANALYSIS; THREE-LEVEL; TRANSITION MOMENTS; UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES; UPPER BOUND;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77956533385     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001849     Document Type: Article

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