Empirical Relationships for Predicting Nonlinear Refractive Index Changes in Optical Solids

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1978, Pages 601-608

  Boling, Norman L ^a   Glass, Alexander J ^b   Owyoung, Adelbert ^c  

^a Owens Illinois Inc   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS, SOLID STATE; LIGHT - NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS;

GLASS;

EID: 0018003470     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1978.1069847     Document Type: Article

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