Optical limiting in solid-core photonic crystal fibers

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Butler, James J., Stacey R. Sueoka, Steven R. Montgomery, Steven R. Flom, Richard G. S. Pong, James S. Shirk, Thierry E. Taunay, Barbara M. Wright, Jonathan Hu, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Optical Limiting in Solid-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers.” In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies (2007), Paper CMS6, CMS6. Optica Publishing Group, 2007. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO-2007-CMS6.

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Optical limiting in solid-core photonic crystal fibers filled with reverse-saturable absorbers has been observed. A sharp change in limiting threshold was found for materials in the fiber holes with refractive indices near n = 1.44.