Optical power limiting and stabilization based on a novel polymer compound

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2279-2285

  He, Guang S ^a   Weder, Christoph ^b,c,d   Smith, Paul ^b,e,f,g,h,i   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Schweizerische Nationalfonds SNF   (Switzerland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

^h DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical power limiting; Optical power stabilization; Two photon abtorption

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; OPTICAL POWER LIMITING; OPTICAL POWER STABILIZATION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0032294967     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.736090     Document Type: Article

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