Viscosity dependence of optical limiting in carbon black suspensions

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1103-1107

  Hernández, Florencio E ^a   Shensky, William ^a   Cohanoschi, Ion ^a   Hagan, David J ^a   Van Stryland, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; DIFFUSION; ETHANOL; FREQUENCIES; LASER PULSES; SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

OPTICAL LIMITING;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037138322     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001103     Document Type: Article

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