Interferometry of hyper-Rayleigh scattering by inhomogeneous thin films

Authors
Fedyanin, AA Didenko, NV Sherstyuk, NE Nikulin, AA Aktsipetrov, OA
Citation
Aa. Fedyanin et al., Interferometry of hyper-Rayleigh scattering by inhomogeneous thin films, OPTICS LETT, 24(18), 1999, pp. 1260-1262
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
18
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1260 - 1262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990915)24:18<1260:IOHSBI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The use of specific symmetry properties of optical second-harmonic generati on (the s, s-exclusion rule) has allowed us to observe high-contrast hyper- Rayleigh interference patterns in completely diffuse light, an effect that has no analog in the case of linear (Rayleigh) scattering. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America. OCIS codes: 290.5870, 120.3180, 310.6860, 260.3160.