Nanosecond reverse saturable absorption in cubanelike transition-metal clusters

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 876-881

  Ji, W ^a   Du, H J ^a   Tang, S H ^a   Shi, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TRANSITION-METAL CLUSTERS; TRIPLET STATE;

IONIZATION;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 2842573590     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.12.000876     Document Type: Article

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