Influence of pulsed and cw pumping on optical nonlinear parameters of laser dyes probed by a closed-aperture Z-scan technique

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2147-2156

  Tripathy, Umakanta ^a   Bisht, Prem B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOSED-APERTURE (CA) Z-SCAN; PULSE WIDTH; PUMP BEAM; SEPARATE OPEN-APERTURE (OA) Z-SCAN;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 36048971785     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002147     Document Type: Article

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