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Nonlinear Optical Fiber Core Materials For Optical Limiting Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

I. C. Khoo ,
M. V. Wood  and
Brett. D. Guenther
I. C. Khoo
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, ickl@psu.edu
M. V. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, ickl@psu.edu
Brett. D. Guenther
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, ickl@psu.edu
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Abstract

Several liquid phase liquid crystals and liquids are found to possess broadband nonlinear absorption characteristics suitable for optical limiting applications. Using these liquids as fiber waveguiding cores, we have developed fiber arrays that provide excellent limiting performance characteristics against frequency agile visible laser pulses in the nanosecond - picosecond time scale. These fiber arrays are compact, low cost/weight, and are capable of transmitting high quality images throughout the entire visible spectrum.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 479: Symposium S – Materials for Optical Limiting II , 1997 , 241
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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