Theory of Gaussian beam Z scan with simultaneous third- and fifth-order nonlinear refraction based on a Gaussian decomposition method

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2651-2659

  Gu, Bing ^a,b   Chen, Jing ^a   Fan, Ya Xian ^a   Ding, Jianping ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAM Z SCAN; GAUSSIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD; NONLINEAR REFRACTION;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 30844449405     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002651     Document Type: Article

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