Organic optical limiter with a strong nonlinear absorptive response

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5281, 1996, Pages 1533-1536

  Perry, J W ^a,b   Mansour, K ^a   Lee, I Y S ^b   Wu, X L ^b   Bedworth, P V ^b   Chen, C T ^b   Ng, D ^b   Marder, S R ^a,b   Miles, P ^c   Wada, T ^d   Tian, M ^d   Sasabe, H ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Logicon Inc   (United States)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; LASER PULSES; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLICS;

EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; LINEAR TRANSMITTANCE; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIVE RESPONSE; OPTICAL LIMITER; PHTHALOCYANINE;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

INDIUM; PHTHALOCYANINE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

EID: 9544233644     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5281.1533     Document Type: Article

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