Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoconductive ZnO films with fluorine nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 16346-16355

  Torres Torres, C ^a   Castro Chacon J H ^b   Castaneda L ^c   Rangel Rojo, R ^d   Torres Martinez R ^e   Tamayo Rivera, L ^b   Khomenko, A V ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FLUORINE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTONS; REFRACTION; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL SPRAY DEPOSITION; FEMTOSECOND EXCITATION; FS PULSE; INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; NON-LINEAR REFRACTION; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PICOSECONDS; SELF-DIFFRACTION; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; THIN SOLID FILM; THIRD ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR REFRACTIONS; ZNO; ZNO FILMS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 80051768532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016346     Document Type: Article

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