Optical limiting threshold in carbon suspensions and reverse saturable absorber materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6646-6653

  Vincent, Denis ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0005652840     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006646     Document Type: Article

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