Theoretical investigation of the off-axis z-scan technique for nonlinear optical refraction measurement

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2773-2776

  Ryasnyansky, Aleksandr I ^a   Palpant, Bruno ^b  

^a SAMARKAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (Uzbekistan)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTION;

APERTURE RADIUS; PINHOLES; TRANSMITTANCE AMPLITUDE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33745168233     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.002773     Document Type: Article

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