Intensity dependence of two-photon absorption in CdS measured by photoluminescence excited by femtosecond laser pulses

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2365-2368

  Dushkina, Natalia Mitkova ^a   Ullrich, Bruno ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoluminescence; Two photon absorption; Two photon absorption coefficient; Ultrafast laser pulses; z scan

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ULTRAFAST LASER PULSES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0036754558     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1497612     Document Type: Article

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