Photoacoustic signal saturation and optical limiting in C70-toluene solution

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Issac, Riju C ^a,b   Harilal, S S ^a,c,d   Varier, Geetha K ^a,c,e   Bindhu, C V ^a   Nampoori, V P N ^a   Vallabhan, C P G ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^d SN College   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Optical limiting; Photoacoustic and photothermal science and engineering; Pulsed photoacoustics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038569535     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601205     Document Type: Article

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