TY - JOUR KW - Lead KW - Thin films KW - Optical properties KW - Thick films KW - Ozone water treatment KW - Semiconducting cadmium telluride KW - Nonlinear optical properties (NLO) AU - A Kumar AU - N.J Podraza AU - S Denev AU - J Li AU - L.W Martin AU - Y.-H Chu AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - R.W Collins AU - V Gopalan AB - Lead vanadate (PbVO3) is a multifunctional material which is both polar and magnetic. Its optical properties, important for linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of the material, are presented. Using spectroscopic ellipsometry, the refractive index and absorption versus wavelength of lead vanadate thin films at 295 K is reported. Using optical second harmonic generation, the nonlinear optical coefficients were determined to be d15/d31=0.20±0.02, d33/d 31=316.0±4.4, and ∫d33∫=10.40±0.35 pm/V at a fundamental wavelength of 800 nm. © 2008 American Institute of Physics. BT - Applied Physics Letters DO - 10.1063/1.2943283 LA - eng M1 - 23 N1 - cited By 22 N2 - Lead vanadate (PbVO3) is a multifunctional material which is both polar and magnetic. Its optical properties, important for linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of the material, are presented. Using spectroscopic ellipsometry, the refractive index and absorption versus wavelength of lead vanadate thin films at 295 K is reported. Using optical second harmonic generation, the nonlinear optical coefficients were determined to be d15/d31=0.20±0.02, d33/d 31=316.0±4.4, and ∫d33∫=10.40±0.35 pm/V at a fundamental wavelength of 800 nm. © 2008 American Institute of Physics. PY - 2008 T2 - Applied Physics Letters TI - Linear and nonlinear optical properties of multifunctional PbV O3 thin films VL - 92 SN - 00036951 ER -