Two-photon absorption and blue-light-induced red absorption in LiTaO3 waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1129-1136

  Carson, Andy ^a   Anderson, Matthew E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; PROBES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BLUE PULSE ENERGY; BLUE-LIGHT-INDUCED RED ABSORPTION (BLIRA); HYPERBOLIC-SECANT-SQUARED PULSES; PHOTON ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33745922046     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001129     Document Type: Article

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