Passive Optical Limiting

M. J. Soileau; Shekhar Guha; Eric W. Van Stryland

doi:10.1117/12.976084

20 November 1985 Passive Optical Limiting

M. J. Soileau, Shekhar Guha, Eric W. Van Stryland

Proceedings Volume 0540, Southwest Conf on Optics '85; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976084
Event: 1985 Albuquerque Conferences on Optics, 1985, Albuquerque, United States

Abstract

We describe a completely passive technique for limiting the power of light beams. The techniques we use are based on optical self-action (self-focusing or defocusing) and non-linear absorption or a combination of both. These processes are passive and thus require no external mechanism to induce limiting other than the light beam itself.

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M. J. Soileau, Shekhar Guha, and Eric W. Van Stryland "Passive Optical Limiting", Proc. SPIE 0540, Southwest Conf on Optics '85, (20 November 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976084

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