Mercury Bromide (HgBr2): A promising nonlinear optical material in IR region with a high laser damage threshold

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Liu, T ^a   Qin, J ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Zhu, T ^a   Niu, F ^a   Wu, Y ^b   Chen, C ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASER DAMAGE; MERCURY (METAL); NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POWDERS;

LASER-DAMAGE THRESHOLDS; NLO MATERIALS;

LASERS;

EID: 51349098215     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969059     Document Type: Article

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