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Adv. Phys.

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Appl. Phys. Lett.

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Chem. Lett.

• T. Nakashima, T. Sakakibara, and T. Kawai, “Highly luminescent CdTe nanocrystal-polymer composites based on ionic liquid,” Chem. Lett.34(10), 1410–1411 (2005). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

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J. Am. Chem. Soc.

• H. S. Kim, M. H. Lee, N. C. Jeong, S. M. Lee, B. K. Rhee, and K. B. Yoon, “Very high third-order nonlinear optical activities of intrazeolite PbS quantum dots,” J. Am. Chem. Soc.128(47), 15070–15071 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Appl. Phys.

• X. Liu, K. Matsumura, Y. Tomita, K. Yasui, K. Kojima, and K. Chikama, “Nonlinear optical responses of nanoparticle-polymer composites incorporating organic (hyperbranched polymer)-metallic nanoparticle complex,” J. Appl. Phys.108(7), 073102 (2010). [CrossRef]
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J. Biomech.

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J. Korean Phys. Soc.

• S. M. Ma, J. T. Seo, Q. Yang, R. Battle, H. Brown, K. Lee, L. Creekmore, A. Jackson, T. Skyles, B. Tabibi, S. S. Jung, W. Yu, and M. Namkung, “Third-order nonlinear susceptibility and hyperpolarizability of CdSe nanocrystals with femtosecond excitation,” J. Korean Phys. Soc.48(6), 1379–1384 (2006).

J. Mater. Sci.

• Y. Lin, J. Zhang, E. Kumacheva, and E. H. Sargent, “Third-order optical nonlinearity and figure of merit of CdS nanocrystals chemically stabilized in spin-processable polymer films,” J. Mater. Sci.39(3), 993–996 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Math. Anal. Appl.

• G. Adomian, “A review of the decomposition method in applied mathematics,” J. Math. Anal. Appl.135(2), 501–544 (1988). [CrossRef]

J. Non-Cryst. Solids

• F. Smektala, C. Quemard, V. Couderc, and A. Barthélémy, “Non-linear optical properties of chalcogenide glasses measured by Z-scan,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids274(1–3), 232–237 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am.

• R. Magnusson and T. K. Gaylord, “Diffraction efficiencies of thin phase gratings with arbitrary grating space,” J. Opt. Soc. Am.68(6), 806–808 (1978). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• G. I. Stegeman and R. H. Stolen, “Waveguides and fibers for nonlinear optics,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B6(4), 652–662 (1989). [CrossRef]
• D. Pelinovsky, J. Sears, L. Brozozowski, and E. H. Sargent, “Stable all-optical limiting in nonlinear periodic structures. I. Analysis,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B19(1), 43–53 (2002). [CrossRef]
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• G. Piredda, D. D. Smith, B. Wendling, and R. W. Boyd, “Nonlinear optical properties of a gold-silica composite with high gold fill fraction and the sign change of its nonlinear absorption coefficient,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B25(6), 945–950 (2008). [CrossRef]
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• G. P. Banfi, V. Degiorgio, and H. M. Tan, “Optical nonlinearity of semiconductor-doped glasses at frequencies below the band gap: the role of free carriers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B12(4), 621–628 (1995). [CrossRef]
• Y. Chen, K. Beckwitt, F. W. Wise, B. G. Aitken, J. S. Sanghera, and I. D. Aggarwal, “Measurement of fifth- and seventh-order nonlinearities of glasses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B23(2), 347–352 (2006). [CrossRef]
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J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.

• E. Koudoumas, F. Dong, M. D. tzatzadaki, S. Couris, and S. Leach, “High-order nonlinear optical response of C60-toluene solutions in the sub-picosecond regime,” J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.29(20), L773–L778 (1996). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. Chem. B

• C. Burda, S. Link, T. C. Green, and M. A. El-Sayed, “New transient absorption observed in the spectrum of colloidal CdSe nanoparticles pumped with high-power femtosecond pulses,” J. Phys. Chem. B103(49), 10775–10780 (1999). [CrossRef]
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J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

• J. Seo, S. Ma, Q. Yang, L. Creekmore, R. Battle, H. Brown, A. Jackson, T. Skyles, B. Tabibi, W. Yu, S. Jung, and M. Namkung, “Large resonant third-order optical nonlinearity of CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots,” J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.38, 91–94 (2006). [CrossRef]

Mater. Lett.

• B. Liu, H. Li, C. H. Chew, W. Que, Y. L. Lam, C. H. Kam, L. M. Gan, and G. Q. Xu, “PbS–polymer nanocomposite with third-order nonlinear optical response in femtosecond regime,” Mater. Lett.51(6), 461–469 (2001). [CrossRef]

Mod. Phys. Lett. B

• H. Song, Y. Zhai, Z. Zhou, Z. Hao, and L. Zhou, “Optical nonlinearity of CdSe and CdSe-C60 quantum dot,” Mod. Phys. Lett. B22(32), 3207–3213 (2008). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

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