Optical limiting performances of the methyl-red dye doped nematic liquid crystal films

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4918, Issue , 2002, Pages 79-89

  Deng, Luogen ^a   He, Kunna ^a   Su, Wenyong ^a   Sun, Heming ^a   Wang, Ruibo ^b   Zhang, Hong ^c   Liu, Hua Kuang ^d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Lumin Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Doped nematic liquid crystal; Eye and sensor protection; Liquid crystal limiters; Methyl red dye doped LC films; Nonlinear optical limiting

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HIGH POWER LASERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

DARK SPOT PHENOMENON; DYNAMIC SELF ACTION DIFFRACTION; EYE AND SENSOR PROTECTION; METHYL RED DYE DOPED LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; OPTICAL LIMITERS; OPTICAL LIMITING MECHANISM;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 0036438342     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.483057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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