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Femtosecond to Nanosecond Characterization of Optical Limiting Mechanisms in Power Limiting Liquids and Solids

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We present our recent advances toward the development of high-performance solid-state optical limiting devices using reverse saturable absorption (RSA) dyes doped into optical host materials. Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy was employed to determine both the spectral regions of strong RSA, and the singlet-triplet excited-state dynamics. The optical limiting in the visible spectrum in both metallo-phthalocyanines and metallo-porphyrins is due to a combination of singlet and triplet RSA. Optical limiting performance was studied for RSA dyes in dual tandem limiters (both in solution and solid-state). Our best results in the solid-state yielded an attenuation of 400x, and a damage threshold of up to several mJ at f/5 focusing. The optical limiting at f/5 is further enhanced, particularly in the solid-state, by self-defocusing thermal nonlinearities.

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  1. Chemical Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    A. Malko, S. Xu, H. L. Wang, R. Kohlman, L. Smilowitz, V. Klimov & D. W. McBranch

  2. GELTECH, Inc., Orlando, FL, 32826, USA

    J. L. Nogues & W. Moreshead

  3. CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    D. Hagan, S. Yang & E. Van Stryland

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Malko, A., Xu, S., Wang, H.L. et al. Femtosecond to Nanosecond Characterization of Optical Limiting Mechanisms in Power Limiting Liquids and Solids. MRS Online Proceedings Library 597, 437–445 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-597-437

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