Nonlinear optical response of multiwalled carbon-nanotube dispersions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  O'Flaherty, Sean M ^a   Hold, Stephanie V ^a   Brennan, Margaret E ^a   Cadek, Martin ^a   Drury, Anna ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a   Blau, Werner J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; LASER PULSES; POLYMERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

GAUSSIAN PULSES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0038722951     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000049     Document Type: Article

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