DocumentCode
3598494
Title
Observation of strong second harmonic generation from a single wurtzite GaAs nanoneedle
Author
Crankshaw, S. ; Chen, R. ; Kuntz, M. ; Chuang, L.C. ; Moewe, M. ; Schuck, P.J. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
fYear
2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate second harmonic generation from a single GaAs nanoneedle with a wurtzite crystal structure. The optical anisotropy of the polar crystal results in strong nonlinear optical conversion compared to normal zincblende GaAs.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; crystal structure; gallium arsenide; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; GaAs; crystal structure; nonlinear optical conversion; optical anisotropy; polar crystal; second harmonic generation; single wurtzite nanoneedle; Crystalline materials; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Pulse measurements; (160.4330) Nonlinear optical materials; (190.2620) Harmonic generation and mixing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225762
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