Nonlinear optical properties of a new chromophore

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1079-1087

  He, Guang S ^a   Yuan, Lixiang ^a   Cheng, Ning ^a   Bhawalkar, Jayant D ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^a   Brott, Lawrence L ^b   Clarson, Stephen J ^b   Reinhardt, Bruce A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031525651     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001079     Document Type: Article

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