Optimization of optical limiting devices based on excited-state absorption

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4110-4122

  Xia, Tiejun ^a   Hagan, David J ^a   Dogariu, Arthur ^a   Said, Ali A ^a   Van Stryland, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; DEFECTS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DYNAMIC RANGE; EXCITED STATE ABSORBER MATERIALS; LASER INDUCED DAMAGE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL ELEMENT; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION EQUATION; OPTICAL LIMITING DEVICES; THERMAL LENSING; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION MATERIALS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0031166233     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004110     Document Type: Article

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