Observation of second-harmonic generation induced by pure spin currents

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 875-878

  Werake, Lalani K ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RESONANCE; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL; SPIN-ACCUMULATIONS; SPIN-VALVE CONFIGURATIONS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 78149285106     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1742     Document Type: Article

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