Nanoscopic Study of Second-Harmonic Generation in Organic Crystals with Collection-Mode Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy

Author

Yuzhen Shen
Przemyslaw P. Markowicz
Jeffrey G. Winiarz, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Jacek Swiatkiewicz
Paras N. Prasad

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. © 2001 Optical Society of America.

Recommended Citation

Y. Shen et al., "Nanoscopic Study of Second-Harmonic Generation in Organic Crystals with Collection-Mode Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy," Optics Letters, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 725 - 727, Optical Society of American, May 2001.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.26.000725

Department(s)

Chemistry

Keywords and Phrases

Organic crystals, Crystals; Light polarization; Near field scanning optical microscopy, Second harmonic generation

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0146-9592

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2001 Optical Society of American, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2001