Polymer-phthalocyanine composite systems as solid-state passive optical limiters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5464, Issue , 2004, Pages 269-279

  Doyle, J J ^a   O'Flaherty, S M ^b   Chen, Y ^c,d   Hegarty, T ^a   Hanack, M ^c   Blau, W J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical limiting; Phthalocyanine; Reverse saturable absorption; Solid state limiter; Z Scan

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FULLERENES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTION;

OPTICAL LIMITING; PHTHALOCYANINE; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SOLID-STATE LIMITER; Z-SCAN;

POLYMERS;

EID: 10144261914     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.544005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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