Optical nonlinearities in direct and indirect band gap crystals on the Z-scan technique with nanosecond laser

Solid State Communications

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 445-448

  Gaur, Arun ^a   Sharma, D K ^a   Ahlawat, D S ^b   Singh, Nageshwar ^c  

^a Hindu College   (India)

^b CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Direct and indirect band gap crystal; D. Free carrier nonlinearity; E. Nonlinear refraction; E. Two photon absorption coefficient

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BAND GAP CRYSTALS; FREE CARRIER NONLINEARITY; NONLINEAR REFRACTION; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33846217471     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2006.11.040     Document Type: Article

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