Thermal-lens model compared with the Sheik-Bahae formalism in interpreting Z-scan experiments on lyotropic liquid crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1342-1348

  Cuppo, Fabio Luiz Sant'Anna ^a   Neto, Antônio Martins Figueiredo ^a   Gómez, Sergio Leonardo ^a   Palffy Muhoray, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER BEAMS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SCANNING;

THERMAL LENS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0012273543     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001342     Document Type: Article

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