Two- and three-photon absorption induced emission, optical limiting and stabilization of CdTe/CdS/ZnS quantum tripods system

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 931-936

  He, Guang S ^a   Yong, Ken Tye ^a   Zhu, Jing ^a   Qin, Hai Yan ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi photon absorption; Nanoparticles; Optical limiting; Optical stabilization; Quantum tripods

Indexed keywords

CUBIC LAWS; EMISSION INTENSITY; EXCITATION INTENSITY; EXCITATION PROPERTIES; FS LASER PULSE; MULTI-PHOTON ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LIMITING; OPTICAL POWER LIMITING; OPTICAL STABILIZATION; SPECTRAL RANGE; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; THREE-PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION;

ABSORPTION; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STABILIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 77949408099     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2041325     Document Type: Article

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