Second harmonic generation from metallo-dielectric multilayered structures in the plasmonic regime

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 23698-23710

  Mattiucci, Nadia ^a,b   D'Aguanno, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bloemer, Mark J ^a  

^a US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^b AEgis Technologies Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MAGNESIUM; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PLASMONS; SILVER; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ELEMENTARY CELLS; GENERATION PROCESS; LEAKY WAVES; METALLODIELECTRIC; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMONIC; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; STATISTICAL STUDY; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 78149463567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023698     Document Type: Article

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