Conjugated polymer-fullerene blend with strong optical limiting in the near-infrared

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 22062-22072

  Chi, San Hui ^a   Hales, Joel M ^a   Cozzuol, Matteo ^a   Ochoa, Charles ^a   Fitzpatrick, Madison ^a   Perry, Joseph W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER FILMS; THICK FILMS;

MELT-PROCESSABLE; NANOSECOND PULSE; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL LIMITING PROPERTIES; OPTICAL QUALITIES; POLYMER-FULLERENE BLENDS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; (6,6)-PHENYL C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CATION; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIISOOCTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLY(2 METHOXY 5 (2' ETHYLHEXYLOXY) P PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLY(2-METHOXY-5-(2'-ETHYLHEXYLOXY)-P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLYMER; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PHOTON;

ABSORPTION; CATIONS; FULLERENES; INFRARED RAYS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 72449184516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022062     Document Type: Article

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