Breakdown of optical power limiting and dynamical two-photon absorption for femtosecond laser pulses in molecular medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2436-2442

  Wang, Chuan Kui ^a   Liu, Ji Cai ^a,b   Zhao, Ke ^a,b   Sun, Yu Ping ^a   Luo, Yi ^b  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR MEDIUM; OPTICAL POWER LIMITING; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 35548988295     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002436     Document Type: Article

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