Influence of self-diffraction effect on femtosecond pump-probe optical Kerr measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 12069-12074

  Yan, Lihe ^a   Yue, Juanjuan ^a   Si, Jinhai ^a   Hou, Xun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GLASS; PROBES; PUMPS;

COLLINEAR PUMPS; FEMTOSECOND PUMP PROBES; KERR MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION ANGLE; PUMP-AND-PROBE; SELF DIFFRACTION; TWO-COMPONENT;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 49149109906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012069     Document Type: Article

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