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Optical Nonlinearities of Quantum Confined Metal and Semiconductor Crystallites in Glasses

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We summarize the main features of the cubic nonlinearities of the quantum confined semiconductor and metal crystallites in glasses and assess the impact of quantum and dielectric confinement there.

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Flytzanis, C. (1992). Optical Nonlinearities of Quantum Confined Metal and Semiconductor Crystallites in Glasses. In: Ostrowsky, D.B., Reinisch, R. (eds) Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics. NATO ASI Series, vol 214. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2536-9_5

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