Broadband studies of the strong mid-infrared nonlinear optical responses of KPSe6

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1302-1312

  Jang, J I ^a   Haynes, A S ^b   Saouma, F O ^a   Otieno, C O ^a   Kanatzidis, M G ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE COMPOUNDS; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MID INFRARED (MID IR); NON-CENTROSYMMETRIC; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIAL; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84884187637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001302     Document Type: Article

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