Critical role of the energy spectrum in determining the nonlinear-optical response of a quantum system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 882-891

  Shafei, Shoresh ^a   Kuzyk, Mark G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DINGER EQUATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; GLOBAL PROPERTIES; HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NONLINEAR-OPTICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; PARAMETER SPACES; PARAMETERIZED; QUANTUM SYSTEM; SCALAR AND VECTOR POTENTIALS; SECOND HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; SUM RULE; THREE-LEVEL; UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79959210266     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000882     Document Type: Article

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