Guest-host optical limiters with high laser damage threshold

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2966, Issue , 1997, Pages 88-95

  Brant, Mark C ^a,b   DeRosa, Michael E ^a   Jiang, Hao ^a,c   McLean, Daniel G ^a,b   Sutherland, Richard L ^a,b   Campbell, Angela L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Anteon Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinked; Elastomer; Gelatin; Glass transition temperature; Laser damage threshold; Nonlinear absorption; Optical limiting; Phthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHROMOPHORES; COLLOIDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GELATION; GLASS; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; RUBBER; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CROSSLINKED; GELATIN; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; OPTICAL LIMITING; PHTHALOCYANINE;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 0344045845     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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