Optical limiting studies in a carbon-black suspension for subnanosecond and subpicosecond laser pulses

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2944-2946

  Vincent, Denis ^a   Petit, Stéphane ^b   Chin, See Leang ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CARBON-BLACK SUSPENSION (CBS);

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0037140601     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002944     Document Type: Article

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