Analytic solutions to Z-scan characteristics of thick media with nonlinear refraction and nonlinear absorption

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-66

  Zang, Wei Ping ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a   Liu, Zhi Bo ^a   Zhou, Wen Yuan ^a   Song, Feng ^a   Zhang, Chun Ping ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTION;

CORRECTION FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR REFRACTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0346007921     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000063     Document Type: Article

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