Multiple-time-scale dynamic studies of nonlinear transmission of pulsed lasers in a multiphoton-absorbing organic material

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1702-1710

  Khoo, Iam Choon ^a   Diaz, Andre ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC LASERS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEPLETION EFFECTS; DYNAMIC ROLES; DYNAMIC STUDIES; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; LASER INTENSITIES; MULTIPHOTON INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PULSE DURATIONS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME-SCALES; TWO PHOTON;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 79960024523     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001702     Document Type: Article

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