Demonstration of nonlinear absorption in Au semi-continuous film by electrical measurement

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17167-17172

  Yajadda, M M A ^a,b   Farrant, D I ^b   Levchenko, I ^a,b   Muller K H ^a   Ostrikov, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; FERMI DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TRANSPORT EQUATION; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; PULSE WIDTH; SEMI-CONTINUOUS FILMS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

GOLD;

EID: 80052193571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017167     Document Type: Article

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