Review and assessment of measured values of the nonlinear refractive-index coefficient of fused silica

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 546-550

  Milam, David ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000073832     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000546     Document Type: Article

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