Determination of the nonlinear refractive index of lyotropic mixtures with and without ferrofluid doping: A time-resolved Z-scan experiment in millisecond time scales

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Alves, S ^a   Cuppo, F L S ^a   Figueiredo Neto, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

FERROFLUID DOPING; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 33644518680     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000067     Document Type: Article

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