Nonlinear optical refractive indices and absorption coefficients of α,β-unsaturated ketone derivatives

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1456-1463

  Zhou, Jun ^a,b   Pun, Edwin Y B ^a   Zhang, Xiao Hong ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; KETONES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYPERPOLARIZABILITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035598896     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001456     Document Type: Article

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