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Saturable Optical Absorption in Phthalocyanine Dyes

John A. Armstrong

Journal of Applied Physics · 1965 · 47 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Strong optical absorption lines have been almost totally saturated in two phthalocyanine molecules. A giant pulse ruby laser served as the source of intense resonance radiation. The qualitative behavior of the nonlinear absorption is in good agreement with theory.

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