Two- and three-photon absorption based optical limiting and stabilization using a liquid dye

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1037-1043

  He, Guang S ^a   Zheng, Qingdong ^a   Lu, Changgui ^b   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Liquid dye; Multiphoton absorbing medium; Optical power limiting; Optical stabilization; Two and three photon absorption

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

LIQUID DYE; MULTIPHOTON ABSORBING MEDIUM; OPTICAL POWER LIMITING; OPTICAL STABILIZATION; TWO AND THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 22444433321     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.848913     Document Type: Article

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