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Nanoscopic study of second-harmonic generation in organic crystals with collection-mode near-field scanning optical microscopy

  • Yuzhen Shen
  • , Przemyslaw Markowicz
  • , Jeff Winiarz
  • , Jacek Swiatkiewicz
  • , Paras N. Prasad
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Collection-mode near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) is used to map nanoscopic second-harmonic generation (SHG) in N-(4-nitrophenyl)-(L)-prolinol crystals. A spatial resolution of 98 nm is achieved. Near-field polarization-dependent SHG measurement is performed, and a local effective SHG susceptibility of 224 ± 18 pm/V is obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)725-727
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume26
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2001

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