Optimization of nonlinear optical properties of ZnO micro and nanocrystals for biophotonics

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 658-669

  Urban, Ben E ^a   Lin, Jie ^a   Kumar, Os ^b   Senthilkumar, Kasilingam ^b   Fujita, Yasuhisa ^b   Neogi, Arup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO PHOTONICS; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; BIOPHOTONIC APPLICATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; IMPURITY STATE; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA ARC; SECOND HARMONIC SIGNALS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON EMISSION; WAVELENGTH REGIMES; ZNO; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL;

NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 83255174903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000658     Document Type: Article

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