Optical nonlinear investigations on morphology controlled growth of ZnO crystals

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-139

  Thankappan, Aparna ^a   Linslal, C L ^a   Divya, S ^a   Sabitha, P V ^a   Thomas, Sheenu ^a   Nampoori, V P N ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Z scan; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; NANOWIRES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

MORPHOLOGY-CONTROLLED GROWTH; NONLINEAR PHOTONIC DEVICES; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; THIRD-ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; Z-SCAN; ZNO;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84902147789     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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