Z-scan theory for material with two- and three-photon absorption

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9230-9234

  Gu, Bing ^a,b   Wang, Jin ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Fan, Ya Xian ^a   Ding, Jianping ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; SCANNING;

COUPLING FUNCTION; Z-SCAN TRACES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 27744482639     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009230     Document Type: Article

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