Distinguishing between ultrafast optical harmonic generation and multi-photon-induced luminescence from ZnO thin films by frequency-resolved interferometric autocorrelation microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 25016-25028

  Schmidt, S ^a   Mascheck, M ^a   Silies, M ^a   Yatsui, T ^b   Kitamura, K ^b   Ohtsu, M ^b   Lienau, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPHOTONICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ZINC OXIDE;

A-SPOTS; BAND-GAP EXCITATION; BROAD APPLICATION; COHERENCE PROPERTIES; EMISSION BANDS; FS LASER PULSE; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; INTERFEROMETRIC AUTOCORRELATION; MULTIPHOTONS; NANOOPTICS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SECOND-HARMONIC EMISSION; SINGLE-BEAM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL REGION; ULTRA-FAST; ZNO FILMS; ZNO THIN FILM;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78649703446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025016     Document Type: Article

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