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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 1193(2019)

Broadband mid-infrared second harmonic generation using epitaxial polydomain barium titanate thin films Editors' Pick

Junchao Zhou^1,2,3, Wenrui Zhang⁴, Mingzhao Liu⁴, and Pao Tai Lin^1,2,3、*

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¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

²Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

³Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

⁴The Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

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Paper Information

Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: Jun. 3, 2019

Accepted: Aug. 25, 2019

Published Online: Sep. 29, 2019

The Author Email: Pao Tai Lin (paolin@ece.tamu.edu)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001193

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