Characterization of two-photon absorption and its resonance enhancement by Z-scan method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5516, Issue , 2004, Pages 97-105

  Kamada, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross section; Diacetylene; Resonance enhancement; Two photon absorption; Z scan

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DERIVATIVES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHOTONS;

CROSS-SECTION VALUES; DIACETYLENE; RESONANCE ENHANCEMENT; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION (TPA); Z-SCAN METHOD;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 13244265483     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.564846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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