Chirality in nonlinear-optical response of planar G-shaped nanostructures

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 8518-8523

  Mamonov, E A ^a   Murzina, T V ^a   Kolmychek, I A ^a   Maydykovsky, A I ^a   Valev, V K ^b   Silhanek, A V ^b,c   Verbiest, T ^b   Moshchalkov, V V ^b   Aktsipetrov, O A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

NONLINEAR-OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION; PLANAR ARRAYS; RIGHT-CIRCULAR POLARIZATIONS; SHG EFFICIENCY; SHG POLARIZATION;

CHIRALITY;

EID: 84860173553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.008518     Document Type: Article

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