Z-scan measurements of the nonlinear refraction in retinal derivatives

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 445-449

  Bezerra Jr , Arandi G ^a,b   Gomes, A S L ^a   De Melo, Celso P ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031587240     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00841-5     Document Type: Article

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