Nanosecond Z-scan measurements of the nonlinear refractive index of fused silica

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1377-1382

  Olivier, Thomas ^a   Billard, Franck ^a   Akhouayri, Hassan ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER BEAMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTODIODES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADAPTED SIMULATIONS; CALIBRATED PYROMETER; NANOSECOND MECHANISMS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL PARAMETERS;

SILICA;

EID: 2942724546     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001377     Document Type: Article

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