Highly-efficient second harmonic generation in ZnO nanorods with ultrashort pulses

Author

Das, Susanta Kumar ; Bock, Martin ; O´Neill, Christopher ; Grunwald, Rüdiger ; Lee, Kyung Moon ; Lee, Hwang Woon ; Lee, Soonil ; Rotermund, Fabian

Author_Institution

Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Angularly and spectrally resolved second harmonic studies for c-axis ZnO nanorods are reported. 7.5 times higher efficiency than for BBO was found at 55 GW/cm² at Ti:sapphire laser oscillator wavelengths. Spectral profiles agree with simulations.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; Al₂O₃:Ti; ZnO; c-axis nanorods; laser oscillator wavelengths; second harmonic generation; ultrashort pulses; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Scanning electron microscopy; Zinc oxide; (160.4236) Nanomaterials; (160.4330) Nonlinear optical materials; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

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

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225755