Nonlinear spectra of ZnO: Reverse saturable, two- and three-photon absorption

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9628-9633

  Vivas, M G ^a   Shin, T ^b   Voss, T ^b,c   Mazur, E ^b   Mendonca, C R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

BANDGAP MATERIALS; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION MECHANISMS; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NONLINEAR SPECTRUM; ONE-PHOTON EXCITATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; RATE EQUATIONS; REPETITION RATE LASERS; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL REGION; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE; ZNO;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 77952067659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009628     Document Type: Article

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