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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 36, Issue 22, Pages 4431-4433Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.004431
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- United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) [FA9550-11-1-0121]
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A chemically modified poly(fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) (PFBT) polymer film is reported to exhibit high two-photon absorbing capability and chemical/physical stability upon the action of high-power laser pulses of similar to 780 nm wavelength and similar to 160 fs duration. A nonlinear transmission measurement is conducted by varying the input intensity from similar to 20 to similar to 600 GW/cm(2), the corresponding nonlinear transmission of a similar to 70 mu m thick film is reduced from similar to 0.8 to 0.18, indicating a superior optical limiting behavior. In the meantime, intensity fluctuation of laser pulses can be significantly reduced after passing through the same film sample. Based on the intensity-dependent nonlinear attenuation mechanism, a straightforward optical reshaping effect on spatio-temporal profiles of the laser pulses has also been demonstrated. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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