Solid state optical limiting materials based on phthalocyanine-containing polymers and organically-modified sol-gels

Kamjou Mansour; Peter D. Fuqua; Seth R. Marder; Bruce S. Dunn; Joseph W. Perry

doi:10.1117/12.173824

15 May 1994 Solid state optical limiting materials based on phthalocyanine-containing polymers and organically-modified sol-gels

Kamjou Mansour, Peter D. Fuqua, Seth R. Marder, Bruce S. Dunn, Joseph W. Perry

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Proceedings Volume 2143, Organic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173824
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate optical limiting in phthalocyanine doped solid host materials such as poly- (methylmethacrylate) and organically modified sol-gels. It is shown that the nanosecond nonlinear absorptive properties and the excited-state properties, such as the triplet-triplet absorption spectrum and the triplet quantum yields, of the metallophthalocyanines in these solid hosts are very similar to those in solutions. The key figures-of-merit for these materials suggest potential for the realization of high-performance solid-state optical limiters based on phthalocyanines.

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Kamjou Mansour, Peter D. Fuqua, Seth R. Marder, Bruce S. Dunn, and Joseph W. Perry "Solid state optical limiting materials based on phthalocyanine-containing polymers and organically-modified sol-gels", Proc. SPIE 2143, Organic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications, (15 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173824

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