Nonlinear ellipse rotation modified Z-scan measurements of third-order nonlinear susceptility tensor

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13351-13359

  Liu, Zhi Bo ^a   Yan, Xiao Qing ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a   Zhou, Wen Yuan ^a   Zang, Wei Ping ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TENSORS;

NONLINEAR ELLIPSE ROTATION; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY TENSORS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 35148878113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013351     Document Type: Article

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