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Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of a New PVA Composite with PbS Nanocrystals

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High third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility (χ(3)(ω;ω, −ω,ω)=3.4·10 −16 m2/V2) in the visible spectral range may be achieved in PVA composites with narrow-gap PbS semiconductor nanocrystals with a large exciton diameter.

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Kutsenko, A.S., Maloletov, S.M., Kuchmii, S.Y. et al. Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of a New PVA Composite with PbS Nanocrystals. Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry 38, 173–178 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019605002580

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