Optical limiting with C60 in polymethyl methacrylate

Alan Kost; T. Kirk Dougherty; William E. Elias; Lee Tutt; Marvin B. Klein

doi:10.1364/OL.18.000334

Optical limiting with C₆₀ in polymethyl methacrylate

Alan Kost, T. Kirk Dougherty, William E. Elias, Lee Tutt, Marvin B. Klein

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We demonstrate optical limiting for the C₆₀ fullerene in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a solid polymer host. It is shown that the optical-limiting behavior is consistent with excited-state absorption (reverse saturable absorption) as a mechanism. We suggest that a higher threshold for optical limiting compared with that of C₆₀ in toluene is due to nonlinear scattering for the liquid. The performance of C₆₀ in PMMA is compared with that in chloroaluminum phthalocyanine, N-methylthioacridone, King’s complex, and ruthenium King’s complex in PMMA. Optical damage thresholds are reported.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	334-336
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics letters
Volume	18
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.18.000334
State	Published - Mar 1993
Externally published	Yes

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Optical limiting with C₆₀ in polymethyl methacrylate

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