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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
