DocumentCode
355342
Title
Extramaterial chirality
Author
Kauranen, Martti ; van Rompaey, Y. ; Verbiest, Thierry ; Maki, Jeffery J ; Persoons, A.
Author_Institution
Lab. of Chem. & Biol. Dynamics, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
fYear
1996
fDate
7-7 June 1996
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
5
Abstract
Summary form only given. In this paper, we show that achiral but anisotropic surfaces exhibit optical activity in second-harmonic generation. We also show that these nonlinear optical activity effects are a manifestation of extramaterial chirality, i.e., optical activity that occurs due to lack of mirror planes in the experimental setup and not due to asymmetry of the material system.
Keywords
optical films; optical harmonic generation; optical rotation; surface phenomena; symmetry; anisotropic surfaces; experimental setup; extramaterial chirality; material system asymmetry; mirror planes; nonlinear optical activity; optical activity; second-harmonic generation; Biomedical optical imaging; Geometrical optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical retarders; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-444-0
Type
conf
Filename
865490
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