High-performance liquid-based passive optical limiter

Author

Xia, T. ; Hagan, David J. ; Said, A.A. ; Wajsgrus, A. ; Yang, Songping ; Kovsh, D. ; Van Stryland, Eric W.

Author_Institution

Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

181

Abstract

Summary form only given. Our studies reveal that cells made of high-grade fused silica containing Zn:tetra(p-methoxyphenyl) tetrabenzporphyrin (TBP) in solution in tetrahydrofuran (THF) have a very high damage threshold fluence close to that of the bare fused silica. Other materials, such as Si:naphthalocyanine, in toluene exhibit considerably lower damage thresholds. For this reason, and because of the large nonlinear absorption of TBP, we chose this combination of materials to fabricate a tandem nonlinear optical limiter using TBP.

Keywords

laser beams; limiters; nonlinear optics; optical elements; optical materials; organic compounds; zinc compounds; Si:naphthalocyanine; TBP; Zn:tetra(p-methoxyphenyl) tetrabenzporphyrin; bare fused silica; high-grade fused silica; high-performance liquid-based passive optical limiter; large nonlinear absorption; lower damage thresholds; tandem nonlinear optical limiter; tetrahydrofuran; toluene; very high damage threshold fluence; Absorption; Fiber nonlinear optics; Liquid crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical films; Optical materials; Optimized production technology; Phased arrays; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864534