Direct evidence of Kerr-like nonlinearity by femtosecond Z-scan technique

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5476-5483

  He, Wei Qiang ^a   Gu, Chun Ming ^a   Shen, Wen Zhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

KERR NONLINEARITY; KERR-LIKE NONLINEARITY; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; ZNTE CRYSTALS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33745122247     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005476     Document Type: Article

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