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Materials for Reverse Saturable Absorption Optical Limiters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

James S. Shirk ,
Richard G. S. Pong ,
Steven R. Flom ,
Michael E. Boyle  and
Arthur W. Snow
James S. Shirk
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Richard G. S. Pong
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Steven R. Flom
Affiliation:
Optical Sciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Michael E. Boyle
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Arthur W. Snow
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
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Abstract

Systematic studies of the nonlinear optical properties of metallo-organic materials have led to the development of promising new phthalocyanine materials for optical limiting. Several heavy metal substituted phthalocyanines exhibit a strong nonlinear absorption that is useful for optical limiters in the visible. In fast optical systems, other mechanisms, such as the thermal refraction, contribute to the limiting. The spectral window for limiting can by modified by altering the molecular structure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 374: Symposia ZB – Materials for Optical Limiting , 1994 , 201
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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