A review of optical limiting mechanisms and devices using organics, fullerenes, semiconductors and other materials

LW Tutt, TF Boggess - Progress in quantum electronics, 1993 - Elsevier
We review nonlinear optical processes in various materials which can be utilized in passive
optical limiting devices. Specifically, the mechanisms of reverse saturable absorption, two …

Graphene and its derivatives for laser protection

Y Chen, T Bai, N Dong, F Fan, S Zhang… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
The development of functional materials for laser protection is an extremely important
research field for the safety and security of users. To achieve simultaneous protection …

Ultrafast Saturable Absorption of Two-Dimensional MoS2 Nanosheets

K Wang, J Wang, J Fan, M Lotya, A O'Neill, D Fox… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Employing high-yield production of layered materials by liquid-phase exfoliation,
molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) dispersions with large populations of single and few layers …

The emergence of silicon photonics as a flexible technology platform

X Chen, MM Milosevic, S Stanković… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a brief history of silicon photonics from the early research papers in
the late 1980s and early 1990s, to the potentially revolutionary technology that exists today …

Direct Observation of Degenerate Two-Photon Absorption and Its Saturation in WS2 and MoS2 Monolayer and Few-Layer Films

S Zhang, N Dong, N McEvoy, M O'Brien, S Winters… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The optical nonlinearity of WS2 and MoS2 monolayer and few-layer films was investigated
using the Z-scan technique with femtosecond pulses from the visible to the near-infrared …

Two-photon absorption and Kerr coefficients of silicon for 850–2200nm

AD Bristow, N Rotenberg, HM Van Driel - Applied physics letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The degenerate two-photon absorption coefficient β and Kerr nonlinearity n 2 are measured
for bulk Si at 300 K using 200 fs pulses with carrier wavelength of 850< λ< 2200 nm for …

Optical dispersion, two-photon absorption and self-phase modulation in silicon waveguides at wavelength

HK Tsang, CS Wong, TK Liang, IE Day… - Applied Physics …, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
We measure linear optical dispersion, nonlinear refraction and two-photon absorption in a
silicon waveguide at 1.54 m wavelength. The total dispersion in the silicon waveguide was …

Two-photon absorption and optical-limiting properties of novel organic compounds

GS He, GC Xu, PN Prasad, BA Reinhardt, JC Bhatt… - Optics Letters, 1995 - opg.optica.org
The optical-limiting behavior and two-photon absorption properties of four novel organic
compound solutions in tetrahydrofuran have been investigated. An ultrashort laser source …

A broadband, quasi‐continuous, mid‐infrared supercontinuum generated in a chalcogenide glass waveguide

Y Yu, X Gai, P Ma, DY Choi, Z Yang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The production of a broadband supercontinuum spanning from 1.8 μm to> 7.5 μm is
reported which was created by pumping a chalcogenide glass waveguide with≈ 320 fs …

Subbandgap laser-induced single event effects: Carrier generation via two-photon absorption

D McMorrow, WT Lotshaw, JS Melinger… - … on Nuclear Science, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Carrier generation based on subbandgap two-photon absorption is demonstrated and
shown to be a viable alternative to the conventional single-photon excitation approach in …