Determination of the nonlinear refractive index in multiphoton absorbers by Z-scan measurements

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2438-2442

  Gu, B ^a,b   Lou, Kai ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a,c   Ji, Wei ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; LIGHT REFRACTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; HUYGENS-FRESNEL DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS; KERR EFFECTS; KERR NONLINEARITY; MULTIPHOTONS; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THIRD-ORDER; Z-SCAN MEASUREMENT; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE; Z-SCAN TRACES;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 78149382322     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002438     Document Type: Article

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