Nonlinear refraction and absorption measurements with chirped femtosecond laser pulses: Experiments and simulations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 651-661

  Wang, J K ^a   Chiu, T L ^a   Chi, C H ^a   Sun, C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CHIRP; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0033239883     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000651     Document Type: Article

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