Porous gallium phosphide: challenging material for nonlinear-optical applications
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Electrochemically produced porous GaP layers demonstrate strong non-Rayleigh light scattering in visible range. Moreover, (110) porous GaP layers exhibit in-plane birefringence. Both properties offer much promises for enhanced nonlinear-optical processes. We report experimental studies of spectral and orientation dependences of the second-harmonic generation in (110) and (111) porous GaP layers. An order of magnitude increase of the second-harmonic intensity was found in the strongly scattering porous GaP layers in comparison with monocrystalline GaP. The spectral dependence of the second-harmonic intensity was discussed in terms of the phase matching and light localization phenomena. 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.