Toward the development of solid-state optical limiting devices

S. Xu; H. L. Wang; A. Malko; R. Kohlman; L. Smilowitz; Victor I Klimov; D. W. McBranch

Toward the development of solid-state optical limiting devices

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

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Abstract

We present our 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 400×, 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-focusing thermal nonlinearities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Publisher	Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Pages	76-84
Number of pages	9
Volume	3798
Publication status	Published - 1999
Event	Proceedings of the 1999 Power-Limiting Materials and Devices - Denver, CO, USA Duration: Jul 21 1999 → Jul 22 1999

Other

Other	Proceedings of the 1999 Power-Limiting Materials and Devices
City	Denver, CO, USA
Period	7/21/99 → 7/22/99

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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Toward the development of solid-state optical limiting devices. / Xu, S.; Wang, H. L.; Malko, A.; Kohlman, R.; Smilowitz, L.; Klimov, Victor I; McBranch, D. W.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Vol. 3798 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1999. p. 76-84.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Xu, S, Wang, HL, Malko, A, Kohlman, R, Smilowitz, L, Klimov, VI & McBranch, DW 1999, Toward the development of solid-state optical limiting devices. in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. vol. 3798, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, pp. 76-84, Proceedings of the 1999 Power-Limiting Materials and Devices, Denver, CO, USA, 7/21/99.

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