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Title: Optical limiter with an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a polymer grating

Abstract

An optical limiter was designed and fabricated. The device consists of an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a transparent relief polymer grating with a triangular groove. At low power the device has a high transmittance because the refractive index of the solution is matched with those of the slab and the grating materials and because the grating does not diffract. However, high power makes the organic solution thermally vaporize and makes the indices of the solution, slab, and grating materials become mismatched, which causes the grating to appear. The incident light is strongly absorbed, scattered, and self-defocused by the organic solution, and the grating suppresses the zero-order diffraction. Thus the transmitted light energy becomes lower than the damage threshold of human eyes or optical sensors. The device is an effective protection for human eyes or optical sensors against broadband pulsed-laser damage.

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20702616
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Optics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004976; (c) 2005 Optical Society of America; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EYES; LIMITERS; MAN; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTODETECTORS; POLYMERS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLUTIONS; VISIBLE RADIATION

Citation Formats

Ming, Chen, Chunfei, Li, Yundong, Zhang, Mai, Xu, Shaojie, Ma, Weibiao, Wang, and Yuxue, Xia. Optical limiter with an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a polymer grating. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.1364/AO.44.004976.
Ming, Chen, Chunfei, Li, Yundong, Zhang, Mai, Xu, Shaojie, Ma, Weibiao, Wang, & Yuxue, Xia. Optical limiter with an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a polymer grating. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.44.004976
Ming, Chen, Chunfei, Li, Yundong, Zhang, Mai, Xu, Shaojie, Ma, Weibiao, Wang, and Yuxue, Xia. 2005. "Optical limiter with an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a polymer grating". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.44.004976.
@article{osti_20702616,
title = {Optical limiter with an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a polymer grating},
author = {Ming, Chen and Chunfei, Li and Yundong, Zhang and Mai, Xu and Shaojie, Ma and Weibiao, Wang and Yuxue, Xia},
abstractNote = {An optical limiter was designed and fabricated. The device consists of an organic solution sandwiched between a polymer slab and a transparent relief polymer grating with a triangular groove. At low power the device has a high transmittance because the refractive index of the solution is matched with those of the slab and the grating materials and because the grating does not diffract. However, high power makes the organic solution thermally vaporize and makes the indices of the solution, slab, and grating materials become mismatched, which causes the grating to appear. The incident light is strongly absorbed, scattered, and self-defocused by the organic solution, and the grating suppresses the zero-order diffraction. Thus the transmitted light energy becomes lower than the damage threshold of human eyes or optical sensors. The device is an effective protection for human eyes or optical sensors against broadband pulsed-laser damage.},
doi = {10.1364/AO.44.004976},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20702616}, journal = {Applied Optics},
issn = {0003-6935},
number = 23,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Wed Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
}