@article{33587, keywords = {Wavelength, Nonlinear optical properties (NLO), Spectroscopic ellipsometry, Harmonic generation, Bismuth compounds, Antiferromagnetic materials, Refractive index, Nonlinear optical coefficients}, author = {A Kumar and R.C Rai and N.J Podraza and S Denev and M Ramirez and Y.-H Chu and L.W Martin and J Ihlefeld and T Heeg and J Schubert and D.G Schlom and J Orenstein and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and R.W Collins and J.L Musfeldt and V Gopalan}, title = {Linear and nonlinear optical properties of BiFeO3}, abstract = {Using spectroscopic ellipsometry, the room temperature refractive index and absorption versus wavelength of the ferroelectric antiferromagnet bismuth ferrite, BiFe O3, are reported. The material has a direct band gap at 442 nm wavelength (2.81 eV). Using optical second harmonic generation, the nonlinear optical coefficients were determined to be d15 d22 =0.20±0.01, d31 d22 =0.35±0.02, d33 d22 =-11.4±0.20, and ∫ d22 ∫ =298.4±6.1 pmV at a fundamental wavelength of 800 nm. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.}, year = {2008}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {92}, number = {12}, issn = {00036951}, doi = {10.1063/1.2901168}, note = {cited By 185}, language = {eng}, }