Abstract
Passive optical limiting can be illustrated in a variety of architectures where one can efficiently exploit self-induced nonlinearities in different materials. Some of the well-known self-induced effects that provide passive optical limiting are self-focusing,1 self-defocusing,2 and two-photon absorption.2 Here, we analyze the fluence dependent nonlinear scattering process in carbon black suspensions in liquids (CBS), which we previously showed is the dominant mechanism leading to optical limiting in CBS.4
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