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Optical limiting properties of a sol-gel, functionalized with C60 derivative molecule were studied by the nonlinear transmission technique in 480–650 nm wavelength range with nanosecond pulsed laser. The solid plates, with functionalized derivative C60 concentration equal to 0.004 ML−1, show interesting limiting behavior with threshold around 0.01 J/cm2. The damage threshold ranges between 0.1 and 10 J/cm2 depending upon the sample optical quality. The nonlinear optical properties of sol-gels were determined also by the optical third harmonic generation. At 1907 nm the cubic χ(3) (−3 ω; ω, ω, ω) susceptibility is of 1.3(± 0.1) × 10−14 esu.
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Chollet, P., Kajzar, F. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of C60 Derivative Sol-Gels. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 22, 255–265 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012204220837
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