Investigating the nonlinear optical properties of molten organic materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3146, Issue , 1997, Pages 24-30

  Fleitz, Paul A ^a,b   Sutherland, Richard L ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear absorption; Two photon absorption; Z scan

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MELTING POINT; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; THIOPHENE;

LASER WAVELENGTHS; LIQUID-PHASE; ND : YAG LASERS; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; STATE ABSORPTION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION; Z-SCAN; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUES;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 0039930620     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.284165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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