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Electrostriction effect contribution to high dynamic range optical limiters

Year: 2002

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We show that electrostriction can dominate the nonlinear refraction in CS/sub 2/ for nanosecond pulses. We use this effect in a new cascaded limiter geometry to make an extremely high performance optical limiter. We adopt an approach that uses two quite different nonlinear processes in separate focal planes. In one focal plane, we place a reverse saturable absorber (RSA) material. To protect this, we place a cell of CS/sub 2/ in another focal plane. Due to the strong electrostriction in CS/sub 2/ for ns pulses, the limiter performs well.

Source: Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications. Technical Digest. Postconference Edition. TOPS Vol.46 (IEEE Cat. No.00CH37174)

DOI: 10.1109/nlo.2000.883593

Authors: F.E. Hernandez, S.S. Yang, V. Dubikovsky, E.W. Van Stryland, D.J. Hagan

Institution: University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2069386961

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