Photo-induced absorption of substituted poly(phenylene vinylene)-fullerene composites for optical limiting

Author

Chi, San-Hui ; Hales, Joel M. ; Cozzuol, Matteo ; Perry, Joseph W.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Chem. & Biochem., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

MEH-PPV:fullerene composites show strong nonlinear absorption in the near infrared and potential as optical limiters. The photophysics and nonlinear optics of the composites are consistent with the formation of absorbing charge carriers.

Keywords

light absorption; nonlinear optics; optical limiters; MEH-PPV; absorbing charge carriers; nonlinear absorption; nonlinear optics; optical limiting; photo-induced absorption; photophysics; substituted poly(phenylene vinylene)-fullerene composites; Biomedical optical imaging; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical polymers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; (070.6020) Signal processing; (190.0190) Nonlinear optics; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials; (190.4710) Optical nonlinearities in organic materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225862