Concentration dependent optical properties of porphyrins in nafion matrix

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Tessema, Genene ^a   Hailu, Girma ^b   Maaza, Malik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nafion; optical limiter; organic electronics; Porphyrins

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PORPHYRINS;

CONCENTRATION DEPENDANCE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; NAFION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; OPTICAL LIMITERS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PORPHYRIN MOLECULES; Z-SCAN MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80051744305     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863511006017     Document Type: Article

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