Determination of the nonlinear refractive indices of Ca2Ga2SiO7 and SrLaGa3O7 with intense femtosecond optical pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2477-2480

  Burshtein, Z ^a,b   Kostoulas, Y ^a   Van Driel, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0031526010     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002477     Document Type: Article

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