Efficient third-harmonic generation in a thin nanocrystalline film of ZnO

G. I. Petrov (1) , V. Shcheslavskiy (1) , V. V. Yakovlev (1) , Igor Ozerov (2) , E. Chelnokov (3) , W. Marine (2)

1 Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
2 CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille
3 CRMCN - Centre de recherche de la matière condensée et des nanosciences

Nonlinear optical conversion is studied in thin films of wide-bandgap materials. Very high conversion efficiency to the third-harmonic radiation is achieved for an unamplified femtosecond Cr 4+ :forsterite laser in a submicron-thick film of a nanocrystalline ZnO pulsed-laser-deposited on a fused silica substrate.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Condensed Matter [cond-mat]; Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

G. I. Petrov, V. Shcheslavskiy, V. V. Yakovlev, Igor Ozerov, E. Chelnokov, et al.. Efficient third-harmonic generation in a thin nanocrystalline film of ZnO. Applied Physics Letters, 2003, 83, pp.3993 - 3995. ⟨10.1063/1.1623948⟩. ⟨hal-01618596⟩