Z-scan technique for characterizing third-order optical nonlinearity by use of quasi-one-dimensional slit beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 968-972

  Gu, Bing ^a   Yan, Jun ^a   Wang, Qin ^a   He, Jing Liang ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISTORTION (WAVES); LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

NONLINEAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; NONLINEAR REFRACTION COEFFICIENTS; PEAK VALLEY TRANSMITTANCE DIFFERENCE; SLIT BEAMS; THIRD ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 10044265428     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000968     Document Type: Article

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