Self-protecting optical limiters using cascading geometries

Ali A. Said; Tai-Huei Wei; Richard John DeSalvo; Z. Wang; Mansoor Sheik-Bahae; David J. Hagan; Eric W. Van Stryland; Joseph W. Perry

doi:10.1117/12.138066

18 August 1992 Self-protecting optical limiters using cascading geometries

Ali A. Said, Tai-Huei Wei, Richard John DeSalvo, Z. Wang, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, David J. Hagan, Eric W. Van Stryland, Joseph W. Perry

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Proceedings Volume 1692, Nonlinear and Electro-Optic Materials for Optical Switching; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138066
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

An increase in the dynamic range of an optical limiting device is achieved by using two different nonlinear elements cascaded within a single limiting device. A comparison between the results of optical limiting experiments for a single nonlinear element limiter and a two element limiter shows a significant increase in the damage threshold of the latter with only a small increase of the limiting threshold.

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Ali A. Said, Tai-Huei Wei, Richard John DeSalvo, Z. Wang, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, David J. Hagan, Eric W. Van Stryland, and Joseph W. Perry "Self-protecting optical limiters using cascading geometries", Proc. SPIE 1692, Nonlinear and Electro-Optic Materials for Optical Switching, (18 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138066

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