Nonlinear scattering, absorption, and refraction processes in the colloidal suspensions of Bi2S3 and CuS nanoparticles and their combined effects for broadband optical limiting

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1978-1983

  Li, Quanshui ^a   Liu, Chunling ^a   Zang, Leyun ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a   Yu, Xuelian ^b   Cao, Chuanbao ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; INCIDENT PHOTON ENERGY; NON-LINEAR REFRACTION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL LIMITING EFFECTS; OPTICAL LIMITING PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MISMATCH;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 59949101829     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001978     Document Type: Article

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