Modified Z-scan techniques for investigations of nonlinear chiroptical effects

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5209-5214

  Markowicz, Przemyslaw P ^a   Samoc, Marek ^a,b   Cerne, John ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^a   Pucci, Andrea ^c   Ruggeri, Giacomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; PHOTONS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENTS; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 9144272774     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005209     Document Type: Article

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