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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 21, Issue 8, 081902 (2023)

Thickness dependency of nonlinear optical properties in ITO/Sn composite films

Boyang Nan, Ruijin Hong^*, Chunxian Tao, Qi Wang, Hui Lin, Zhaoxia Han, and Dawei Zhang

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Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

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Boyang Nan, Ruijin Hong, Chunxian Tao, Qi Wang, Hui Lin, Zhaoxia Han, Dawei Zhang. Thickness dependency of nonlinear optical properties in ITO/Sn composite films[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(8): 081902 Copy Citation Text

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