Reverse saturable absorption in solid xerogel matrices

Florian Bentivegna (1) , Michael Canva (1) , Patrick Georges (2) , Alain Brun (2) , Frédéric Chaput (3) , Laurent Malier (3) , Jean-Pierre Boilot (3)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Macsybio
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
3 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée

Aluminophthalocyanine (APC) and fullerene carbon 60 (C,) have been studied encaged in different silica matrices. The reverse saturable absorption properties of these doped xerogels have been compared to those of reference solutions of APC and C&,. We show that reverse saturable absorber molecules retain their properties even when they are enclosed in the pores of a solid xerogel matrix

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Florian Bentivegna, Michael Canva, Patrick Georges, Alain Brun, Frédéric Chaput, et al.. Reverse saturable absorption in solid xerogel matrices. Applied Physics Letters, 1993, 62 (15), pp.1721-1723. ⟨10.1063/1.109585⟩. ⟨hal-00668880⟩