Saturation effects in the nonlinear-optical susceptibility of poly(3-hexadecylthiophene)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 609-614

  Demenicis, Luciene ^a   Gomes, A S L ^a   Petrov, D V ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a   De Melo, Celso P ^a   Dos Santos, Clécio G ^a   Souto Maior, Rosa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031524999     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000609     Document Type: Article

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