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Title: Optical power limiting with photoinduced anisotropy of Azobenzene films
Authors: Pengfei, Wu
Philip, Reji
Laghumavarapu, R.B.
Devulapalli, J.
Rao, D.V.G.L.N.
Kimball, Brian R.
Nakashima, M.
DeCristofano, B.S.
Keywords: carbon nanotubes
reorientation
polymer
pulses
bacteriorhodopsin
temperature
limitation
absorption
scattering
storage
Issue Date: Aug-2003
Publisher: Optical Society of America
Citation: Applied Optics, 2003, Vol.42, p4560
Abstract: We study the power-limiting properties of photoanisotropic azobenzene films with low-power lasers. The trans-cis photoisomerization and molecular reorientation of azobenzene molecules induced by polarized laser beams result in intensity-dependent anisotropic effects. Consequently, the transmittance of the input beam that passes through the film between two crossed polarizers becomes enhanced at low intensities and clamped at high intensities. The limiting threshold is adjustable by changing the intensity of excitation beam.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4757
ISSN: 1559-128X
2155-3165 (online)
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.004560
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApOpt..42.4560W
Copyright: 2003 Optical Society of America
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