Photo-induced optical and physical property modifications in chalcogenide thin films by femtosecond irradiation

2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 74-76

  Lopez, Cedric ^a   Richardson, Kathleen ^a   Zoubir, Arnaud ^a   Richardson, Martin ^a   Schulte, Alfons ^a   Pope, April ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ELECTRONIC DEFECTS; FEMTOSECOND RADIATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 30844448152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2005.201681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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