Abstract
In the present work, the author addresses the problem of whether it is possible to decide with second harmonic generation experiments if a given pyroelectric polymer film has a homogeneous distribution of polarization and how the limitations of second harmonic generation can be simply overcome by quasi-phase matching techniques and by optical resonance enhancement. A spatial distribution of the spontaneous polarization P/sub s/(z) results in a similar spatial distribution of the nonlinear optical coefficients d/sub 31/(z) and d/sub 33/(z). It is shown that the generated second harmonic power from a nonlinear slab is sensitive to this distribution of d/sub 31/ and d/sub 33/. It is further shown that the limitations of second harmonic generation which are due to the coherence length can be overcome by quasi-phase-matching and optical resonance enhancement for the fundamental or the harmonic beams. >
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