Optical power limiting in solution via two-photon absorption: New aromatic heterocyclic dyes with greatly improved performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3146, Issue , 1997, Pages 2-11

  Reinhardt, Bruce A ^a   Brott, Lawrence L ^b   Clarson, Stephen J ^b   Kannan, Ramamurthi ^c   Dombroskie, Ann G ^d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical materials; Optical power limiting; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMOPHORES; LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; MATERIALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NEW MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL POWER LIMITING; ORGANICS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0009729629     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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