Third-order nonlinear optical properties of undoped polyaniline solutions and films probed at 532 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1099-1103

  Maciel, Glauco S ^a   Bezerra Jr , Arandi G ^a   Rakov, Nikifor ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a   Gomes, Anderson S L ^a   De Azevedo, Walter M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXCITONS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

OPTICAL POWER LIMITERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035619779     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001099     Document Type: Article

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