Direct measurement of the group-velocity mismatch and derivation of the refractive-index dispersion for a variety of solvents in the ultraviolet

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1479-1485

  Kozma, Ida Z ^a   Krok, Patrizia ^a   Riedle, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GROUP VELOCITY MISMATCH (GVM); REFRACTIVE INDEX DISPERSION;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 22944473952     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001479     Document Type: Article

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