• DocumentCode
    1647126
  • Title

    Thin film characterization using third harmonic generation microscopy

  • Author

    Rodríguez, C. ; Weber, R. ; Nguyen, D.N. ; Emmert, L.A. ; Patel, D. ; Menoni, C.S. ; Rudolph, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Third harmonic microscopy is applied to determine nonlinear susceptibilities of thin films and image nascent, laser incubated, and laser damaged dielectric coatings with unprecedented contrast. The relative contribution of signals from the film and its surroundings is analyzed.
  • Keywords
    coatings; dielectric thin films; hafnium compounds; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical films; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; image nascent coatings; laser damaged dielectric coatings; laser incubated coatings; nonlinear susceptibilities; thin film characterization; third harmonic generation microscopy; Hafnium compounds; Laser beams; Microscopy; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325415