Characterization Techniques of Nonlinear Optical Materials: An introduction to experimental nonlinear optical techniques

Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 419-459

  Asselberghs, Inge ^a   Pérez Moreno, Javier ^a   Clays, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Characterization techniques; Intensity dependent refractive index; Molecular hyperpolarizabilities; Nonlinear susceptibilities; Second order nonlinear optical response; Third order nonlinear optical response

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073188348     PISSN: 25424491     EISSN: 25424483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4850-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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