Thin Solid Films, Vol.365, No.1, 116-118, 2000
Second harmonic generation investigation of indium tin oxide thin films
Second harmonic generation (SHG) from indium tin oxide (ITO) films on glass substrates has been investigated in detail for the first time. Significant SHG intensity and non-linear optical anisotropy was observed from ITO films due to orientation of the crystal cells. The SHG reached a maximum in intensity at an incident angle of 60 degrees. The effective second order non-linear optical susceptibility chi(eff)(2) was about 2.4 x 10(-10) esu.