Measurement of fifth- and seventh-order nonlinearities of glasses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-352

  Chen, Yi Fan ^a   Beckwitt, Kale ^a   Wise, Frank W ^a   Aitken, Bruce G ^b   Sanghera, Jasbinder S ^c   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Research Development and Engineering Division Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PUMPING (LASER);

FIFTH-ORDER NONLINEARITIES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; SEVENTH-ORDER NONLINEARITIES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33644892508     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000347     Document Type: Article

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