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Investigation of Optical Limiting Mechanism in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

X. Sun ,
Y. N. Xiong ,
P. Chen ,
J. Y. Lin ,
W. Ji ,
J. H. Lim ,
S. Yang ,
D. J. Hagan  and
E. W. Van Stryland
X. Sun
Affiliation:
Physics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Y. N. Xiong
Affiliation:
Physics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
P. Chen
Affiliation:
Physics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
J. Y. Lin
Affiliation:
Physics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
W. Ji
Affiliation:
Physics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
J. H. Lim
Affiliation:
School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2700, USA.
S. Yang
Affiliation:
School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2700, USA.
D. J. Hagan
Affiliation:
School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2700, USA.
E. W. Van Stryland
Affiliation:
School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2700, USA.
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Abstract

We report an investigation into the mechanism responsible for the optical limiting behavior in multiwalled carbon nanotubes. We conducted energy-dependent transmission measurements, picosecond time-resolved pump-probe, and nonlinear scattering experiments at 532-nm wavelength on multiwalled carbon nanotube suspension. For comparison, C60-toluene solution and carbon black suspension were also studied in the same experiments. The similarities that we observed between the multiwalled carbon nanotubes and carbon black suspension suggest that nonlinear scattering, which is known to be responsible for the limiting action in carbon black suspension, should play an important role in the limiting effect in multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 597: Symposium PP – Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices & Materials … , 1999 , 233
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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