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Using micro-capillaries and capillary arrays, we have fabricated dye- and C60-doped liquid crystal cored fibers and image transmission plates of various core diameters and lengths. We have observed nonlinear pulse propagation and limiting effect using nanosecond 0.53 μm Nd:Yag laser. Typical threshold fluence is on the order of < 1 J/cm2 in a 7 mm long fiber. A theoretical modelling of the observed effect is also presented.
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Khoo, I.C., Li, H., Lee, M. et al. Optical Limiting with Liquid Crystalline Cylindrical Guided Wave Optical Elements. MRS Online Proceedings Library 374, 331–339 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-374-331
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