All-optical switching by organic nonlinearly absorbing molecules

Karl W. Beeson; James T. Yardley; Shammai Speiser

doi:10.1117/12.22963

1 December 1990 All-optical switching by organic nonlinearly absorbing molecules

Karl W. Beeson, James T. Yardley, Shammai Speiser

Proceedings Volume 1337, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22963
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Nonlinear triplet-triplet absorption in organic molecules can be used to construct all-optical switches and spatial light modulators. Experimental results using films of eosin in polyvinylacohol are presented and compared with theoretical calculations.

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Karl W. Beeson, James T. Yardley, and Shammai Speiser "All-optical switching by organic nonlinearly absorbing molecules", Proc. SPIE 1337, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials III, (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22963

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