Discrimination between electronic and thermal contributions to the nonlinear refractive index of SrAlF5:Cr+3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-400

  Andrade, A A ^a   Tenorio E ^a   Catunda, T ^a   Baesso, M L ^b   Cassanho, A ^c   Jenssen, H P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c Lightning Optical Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0347244336     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.000395     Document Type: Article

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