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Le Journal de Physique Colloques

TRANSVERSE OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN GOLD COLLOID DUE TO SELF-FOCUSING

Lingming WANG, ChunFei LI, Zhongxiao ZHANG, Yan JIA

Published Jun 1, 1988• 0 citations
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Abstract

The demonstration of transverse optical bistability and self-focusing in gold colloid is reported, for the first time, using a continuous Argon Laser.
DOI
10.1051/jphyscol:19882103

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