Nonlinear absorption and refraction in CuCl at 532 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 824-828

  Said, A A ^a,c   Xia, T ^a,d   Hagan, D J ^a   Van Stryland, E W ^a   Sheik Bahae, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c AccuPhotonics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0012095954     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000824     Document Type: Article

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