DocumentCode
520701
Title
Photo-induced absorption of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers for optical limiting
Author
Chi, San-Hui ; Hales, Joel M. ; Sartin, Matthew ; Cozzuol, Matteo ; Zhang, Xuan ; Patel, Dan ; Amb, Chad ; Steckler, Tim ; Marder, Seth R. ; Reynolds, John ; Perry, Joseph W.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Chem. & Biochem., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Dithienopyrrole-based polymers show strong nonlinear absorption and potential as optical limiters in the telecommunications region. A 17X suppression (figure-of-merit ∼ 35) is achieved in a waveguided device, arising from the strong and broad excited-state absorption.
Keywords
Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500294
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