@article {Guerra:October 2007:0003-7028:1128, author = "Guerra, M.", author = "Taouri, A.", author = "Marcano O, A.", author = "Cabrera, H.", author = "Sylla, M.", title = "Measurement of Nonlinear Absorption Coefficients of Organic Materials by Mode-Mismatched Z-scan Thermal Lensing Technique", journal = "Applied Spectroscopy", volume = "61", year = "October 2007", abstract = "We evaluate a new pump-probe mode-mismatched thermal lens (TL) scheme for the measurement of nonlinear absorption in nitrobenzene, benzene, and chloroform. In this new scheme the pump beam is focused in the presence of a collimated probe beam. Values of the nonlinear absorption coefficients of the materials studied for the wavelength of 532 nm are reported, and we compare the proposed technique with the well-known open Z-scan method.", pages = "1128-1133(6)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sas/sas/2007/00000061/00000010/art00022" doi = "doi:10.1366/000370207782217716" }