Nonlinear light absorption of polymethine dyes in liquid and solid media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 802-809

  Przhonska, Olga V ^a,b   Lim, Jin Hong ^a   Hagan, David J ^a   Van Stryland, Eric W ^a   Bondar, Mikhail V ^b   Slominsky, Yurij L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

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EID: 0004708738     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000802     Document Type: Article

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