Z-scan measurements using femtosecond continuum generation

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3921-3927

  De Boni, Leonardo ^a   Andrade, Acácio A ^a   Misoguti, Lino ^a   Mendonça, Cléber R ^a   Zilio, Sérgjo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DETECTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR SPECTRA; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION; WHITE-LIGHT CONTINUUM (WLC);

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4644306991     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003921     Document Type: Article

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