Nonlinear propagation of fs laser pulses in liquids and evolution of supercontinuum generation

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 10248-10259

  Liu, Jiansheng ^a,b   Schroeder, H ^b   Chin, S L ^c   Li, Ruxin ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS;

CONICAL EMISSION; LIGHT PRODUCTION; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 28944443910     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010248     Document Type: Article

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