THIN FILM STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR ORIENTATION ON SURFACES

PROBED BY SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS

 

Optical SHG vs. orientation of an external influence n

(e.g., substrate crystalline axes, applied fields, oblique evaporation)

 

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