SHG—See Second harmonic generation

So far, only few studies have been reported on the use of porous zeolite films for optical applications. While significant efforts have been extended towards the encapsulation of various dye molecules into zeolite crystals or powders (see section 2.2), integration of such systems into thin films has not been pursued by many groups yet. As one of the few examples reported so far, we discuss the inclusion of oriented hemicyanine dyes into thin zeolite films aimed at Second Harmonic Generation (SHG).[106] The zeolite film plays the important role... 

Brewster angle ellipsometry (BAE) and surface optical second harmonic generation (SHG, see Chap. 5) were used to study the growth of 8CB films, evaporated in air onto glass (BK7) substrates, covered with a 15 nm thick film of poly(vinyl cinnamate) (PVCN) [48]. As the thickness of 8CB on PVCN layers was far below the optical wavelengths, the Drude formula for the ellipsometric coefficient at the Brewster angle, ps, (4.3), was used. The ellipticity coefficient of the 8CB adsorbate was calculated as... 

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