Precise and absolute measurements of the complex third-order optical susceptibility

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2180-2190

  Santran, Stéphane ^a   Canioni, Lionel ^a   Sarger, Laurent ^a   Cardinal, Thierry ^b   Fargin, Evelyne ^b  

^a UMR 5798   (France)

^b INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FUSED SILICA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NEGATIVE IONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POSITIVE IONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TELLURIUM;

NONLINEAR INDEX OF REFRACTION; TELLURIUM GLASSES; THIRD ORDER OPTICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 11244308195     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.002180     Document Type: Article

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