Downer, Michael Coffin1917332382008-08-282017-05-112008-08-282017-05-112007http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3531Using a novel two-beam technique developed to greatly enhance quadrupolar contributions to the second-order nonlinear polarization, we performed a nonlinear spectroscopic study of silicon nanocrystals implanted in an SiO₂ matrix.electronicengCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.Silicon crystalsSecond harmonic generationNanocrystalsSilicaThesis