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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Nonlinear Optical Effects At The Room-Temperature Absorption Edge Of CdS And Related Compounds

F. Henneberger, Joachim Puls, Ch. Spiegelberg, M. Kretzschmar

Published Mar 8, 1989• 1 citation
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Abstract

This paper summarizes recent results on nonlinear absorption and refraction, related bistability and ultrafast optical switching at visible wavelengths using wide-gap II-VI semiconducting compounds.
DOI
10.1117/12.949949

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