Reabsorption artifacts in measured excited-state lifetimes of solids

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1312-1318

  Hehlen, Markus P ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES OF SOLIDS; REABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0031165202     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001312     Document Type: Article

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