Size dependent multiphoton absorption and refraction of CdSe nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 12258-12263

  Venkatram, N ^a   Sathyavathi, R ^a   Narayana Rao, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

MULTIPHOTON ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR REFRACTION; Z-SCAN MEASUREMENTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34648846551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012258     Document Type: Article

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