Translating microscopic optical nonlinearity into macroscopic optical nonlinearity: The role of chromophore-chromophore electrostatic interactions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 329-337

  Harper, A W ^a   Sun, S ^a   Dalton, L R ^a   Garner, S M ^b   Chen, A ^b   Kalluri, S ^b   Steier, W H ^b   Robinson, B H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0032359097     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000329     Document Type: Article

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