Quantum analysis of the z-scan technique

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Köprülü, Kahraman G ^a,b   Kumar, Prem ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPACITY;

AMPLITUDE SQUEEZING; GAUSSIAN-WAVE THEORY; Z-SCAN METHOD;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33846994403     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000077     Document Type: Article

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