Saturation of the All-Optical Kerr Effect

Brée, Carsten; Demircan, Ayhan; Steinmeyer, Günter

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.183902

Title: Saturation of the All-Optical Kerr Effect

Authors:: Brée, Carsten; Demircan, Ayhan; Steinmeyer, Günter

Publication Date:: Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1099311

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 106 Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Brée, Carsten, Demircan, Ayhan, and Steinmeyer, Günter. Saturation of the All-Optical Kerr Effect.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Brée, Carsten, Demircan, Ayhan, and Steinmeyer, Günter. Tue .  
"Saturation of the All-Optical Kerr Effect".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.183902.

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Microscopic model for the higher-order nonlinearity in optical filaments
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Dispersion of bound electron nonlinear refraction in solids
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Measurements and calculations of the hyperpolarizabilities of atoms and small molecules in the gas phase
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Kramers-Krönig relations in nonlinear optics
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Measurement of high order Kerr refractive index of major air components: erratum
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