Determining the cubic susceptibility χ(3) of films or glasses by the Maker fringe method: A representative study of spin-coated films of copper phthalocyanine derivation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1895-1903

  Wang, X H ^a   West, D P ^a   McKeown, N B ^a   King, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032391395     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001895     Document Type: Article

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