Measurement of pressure dependent nonlinear refractive index of inert gases

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 25847-25854

  Borzsonyi A ^a   Heiner, Z ^a,b   Kovacs A P ^a   Kalashnikov, M P ^c   Osvay, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERT GASES; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAMS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT REFRACTION; NEON; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RADAR; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; XENON;

BEAM GUIDING; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELEMENTARY PHENOMENA; FILAMENTATION; HIGH INTENSITY LASER BEAMS; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; LASER SYSTEMS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL NONLINEAR EFFECTS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; PRESSURE DEPENDENT; SELF-FOCUSING; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TOTAL VALUES;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

INERT GAS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NOBLE GASES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 78650056318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025847     Document Type: Article

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