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Non-Linear Light Scattering in a Two Component Medium Optical Limiting Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

V. Joudrier
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes d'Arcueil DGA / DCE /94114 Arcueil, France
J C. Fabre
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes d'Arcueil DGA / DCE /94114 Arcueil, France
P. Bourdon
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes d'Arcueil DGA / DCE /94114 Arcueil, France
F. Hache
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Quantique, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
C Flytzanis
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Quantique, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
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Abstract

The first experimental investigation of an optical limiting device based on a suspension of spherical particles in a surrounding liquid is presented. The expected property is the non-linear light scattering based on a refractive index mismatch between the two components that appears at high intensity. Several experiments performed at 532 nm with nanosecond laser pulses provide good indication that such non-linear scattering is observed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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