Femtosecond measurements of two-photon absorption coefficients at λ = 264 nm in glasses, crystals, and liquids

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4365-4376

  Dragonmir, Adrian ^a   Mc Inerney, John G ^a   Nikogosyan, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 0037143303     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004365     Document Type: Article

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