Measurement of refractive nonlinearities in GaAs above bandgap energy

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 33, 2000, Pages 6193-6196

  Martinelli, Marcelo ^a   Gomes, Laércio ^b   Horowicz, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; ENERGY GAP; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

PHOTON ENERGIES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0038639650     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.006193     Document Type: Article

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