Chapter 4 Optical Nonlinearities in the Transparency Region of Bulk Semiconductors

Semiconductors and Semimetals

Volumn 58, Issue C, 1998, Pages 257-318

  Sheik Bahae, Mansoor ^a   Van Stryland, Eric W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; TRANSPARENCY REGION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 77956706428     PISSN: 00808784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0080-8784(08)62723-4     Document Type: Chapter

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