Thermal nonlinear refraction in dye solutions: A study of the transient regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 405-414

  Brochard, Pascale ^a   Grolier Mazza, Valérie ^a   Cabanel, Régis ^b  

^a THALES   (France)

^b Dept Tubes Dispositifs H ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; DYES; LASER PULSES; LENSES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EFFECTIVE INDEX VARIATION; THERMAL INDEX VARIATION; THERMAL LENS; THERMAL NONLINEAR REFRACTION; Z SCAN TECHNIQUE;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 0031076120     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000405     Document Type: Article

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