Second-Harmonic Generation of Blue Light in GaN Waveguides
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p = 0, q = 4, λ = 900 nm | 6.34 × 10−4 |
p = 1, q = 5, λ = 900 nm | 1.81 × 10−5 |
p = 0, q = 5, λ = 815 nm | 1.44 × 10−6 |
p = 1, q = 6, λ = 810 nm | 1.83 × 10−3 |
p = 2, q = 7, λ = 825 nm | 9.10 × 10−5 |
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Rigler, M.; Troha, T.; Guo, W.; Kirste, R.; Bryan, I.; Collazo, R.; Sitar, Z.; Zgonik, M. Second-Harmonic Generation of Blue Light in GaN Waveguides. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081218
Rigler M, Troha T, Guo W, Kirste R, Bryan I, Collazo R, Sitar Z, Zgonik M. Second-Harmonic Generation of Blue Light in GaN Waveguides. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(8):1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081218
Chicago/Turabian StyleRigler, Martin, Tinkara Troha, Wei Guo, Ronny Kirste, Isaac Bryan, Ramon Collazo, Zlatko Sitar, and Marko Zgonik. 2018. "Second-Harmonic Generation of Blue Light in GaN Waveguides" Applied Sciences 8, no. 8: 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081218