Abstract
Systematic studies of the nonlinear optical properties of organic materials1 led to the identification and development of soluble phthalocyanines and naphthalo-cyanines that exhibit a large, positive nonlinear absorption, i.e., the absorbance increases with intensity. Such nonlinear absorption makes these materials attractive for optical limiting applications.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
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