Optical power limiting and nonlinear absorption effects of polymer functionalized carbon nanotube thin films

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Liangmin ^a   Thomas, Jacquelyn ^a   Allen, Susan D ^a   Wang, You Xiong ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

laser limiting; optical applications; optical materials; optical properties

Indexed keywords

FILM PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; GLASS SLIDES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL POWER LIMITING; POLYMER MOLECULE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM IMAGE; SPIN-COATING METHOD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

ABSORPTION; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GLASS LASERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIN GLASS; THIN FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 80855140096     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3456710     Document Type: Article

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