Frequency conversion of subnanojoule femtosecond laser pulses in a microstructure fiber for photochromism initiation

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2440-2445

  Konorov, Stas O ^a   Zheltikov, Aleksei M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FUSED SILICA; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; MICROMACHINING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOCHROMISM; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TITANIUM;

ANTI-STOKES COMPONENTS; PHASE-MATCHING; SPIROPYRAN MOLECULES; THIRD-HARMONIC GENERATION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 2942675985     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002440     Document Type: Article

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