• DocumentCode
    1771693
  • Title

    Nonlinear optical properties of a graphene-based DNA composite

  • Author

    Husaini, Saima ; Lesko, Alyssa ; Heckman, Emily M. ; Bedford, Robert G.

  • Author_Institution
    Wyle, Dayton, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A graphene-based biopolymer is developed which exhibits saturable absorption and optical limiting behavior in the femtosecond and nanosecond regime respectively. Further this composite film when irradiated with nanosecond pulses indicates a damage threshold >50 J/cm2.
  • Keywords
    DNA; bio-optics; biomolecular effects of radiation; polymers; femtosecond regime; graphene-based DNA composite film; graphene-based biopolymer; nanosecond pulse irradiation; nanosecond regime; nonlinear optical properties; optical limiting behavior; saturable absorption behavior; Absorption; Graphene; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989560