Spectral measurements of two-photon absorption coefficients for CdSe and GaSe crystals

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6654-6658

  Zotova, Ioulia B ^a   Ding, Yujie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS;

TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0010136555     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006654     Document Type: Article

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