Optical nonlinearities and transient dynamics of 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole studied by single-beam and time-resolved two-color Z-scan techniques

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 854-862

  Shang, Xiaoming ^a,c   Tang, Guoqing ^a   Zhang, Guilan ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^a   Chen, Wenju ^a   Yang, Bingzhou ^b   Zhang, Xiaoqiu ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0032343481     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000854     Document Type: Article

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