Single-shot measurement of nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3852-3858

  Jayabalan, J ^a   Singh, Asha ^a   Oak, Shrikant M ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR REFRACTION; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33746052078     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003852     Document Type: Article

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