Simultaneous self-phase modulation and two-photon absorption measurement by a spectral homodyne Z-scan method

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4192-4205

  Fischer, Martin C ^a   Liu, Henry C ^b   Piletic, Ivan R ^a   Warren, Warren S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

TRANSMITTED LASER BEAMS; Z SCAN METHODS;

SELF PHASE MODULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICS; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 41149104600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004192     Document Type: Article

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