DocumentCode
421732
Title
A new polymer based nonlinear absorption material
Author
Flom, Steven R. ; Pong, Richard G.S. ; Shirk, James S. ; Hakspiel, S.J. ; Snow, Arthur W.
Author_Institution
Opt. Sci. Div., US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
A new naphthalocyanine was synthesized and incorporated into polycarbonate at high concentration. The thin film exhibits reverse saturable absorption from 520 nm to 725 nm and has an excited state lifetime greater than 5 ns.
Keywords
excited states; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; visible spectra; 520 to 725 nm; excited state lifetime; naphthalocyanine; nonlinear absorption material; polycarbonate; reverse saturable absorption;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360961
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