Optical limiting capability of thick nonlinear absorbers

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-275

  Hermann, J A ^a,b   Bubner, T ^a,c   Mckay, T J ^a,c   Wilson, P J ^a,c   Staromlynska, J ^a,b   Eriksson, A ^d   Lindgren, M ^d,e   Svensson, S ^d,e  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Surveillance Systems Division   (Australia)

^c Electronic Warfare Division

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FIRST-ORDER ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR ABSORBERS; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; RELAXATION MECHANISM; SATURATION EFFECTS; THEORETICAL MODELING; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; Z-SCAN MEASUREMENT;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0033469850     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863599000175     Document Type: Article

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