Laser-induced darkening in thin films of fluorescein-doped boric acid glass

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 885-889

  Rao, K Divakara ^a   Sharma, K K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Holographic recording; Nonlinear optics; Photochemical change; Photodarkening; Photomagnetism; Radical formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002774298     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000885     Document Type: Article

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