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1. R. C. Hollins, �??Materials for Optical limiters,�?? Current opinion in Solid State and Material Science 4, 189-196 (1999). [CrossRef]
2. Y-P. Sun and J. E. Riggs, �??Organic and inorganic optical limiting materials. From fullerenes to nanoparticles,�?? Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 18, 43-90 (1999). [CrossRef]
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4. F. E. Hernandez, S. Yang, E. W. Van Stryland, and D. J. Hagan, �??High Dynamic range casdaded-focus optical limiter,�?? Opt. Lett. 25, 1180-1182 (2000). [CrossRef]
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6. American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers ANSI Z136.1 �?? 2000. <a href="www.laserinstitute.org">www.laserinstitute.org</a>
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8. Michael E. DeRosa, and Stephan L. Logunov, �??Fiber-optic power limiter based on photothermal defocusing in an optical polymer,�?? Appl. Opt. 42, 2683 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
9. P. Wu, Reji Philip, R. B. Laghumavarapu, J. Devulapalli, D. V. G. L. N. Rao, B. Kimball, M. Nakashima, and B. S. DeCristafano, �??Optical Power Limiting with Photoinduced Anisotropy of Azobenzene Films,�?? Appl. Opt. 42, 4560 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
10. George E. Dovgalenko, Matthew Klotz, and Gregory J. Salamo, Garry L.Wood �??Optically induced birefringence in bacteriorhodospin as an optical limiter,�?? Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 287-289 (1996). [CrossRef]
11. Joby Joseph, F. J. Aranda, D. V. G. L. N. Rao, and B. S. DeCristofano, �??Optical Computing and Information Processing with a Protein Complex,�?? Opt. Mem. Neural Netw. 6, 275 (1997).
12. D. V. G. L. N. Rao, F. J. Aranda, Z. Chen, J. A. Akkara, D. L. Kaplan and M. Nakashmia, �??Nonlinear optical studies of Bacteriorhodopsin�??, J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mat. 5, 331 (1996). [CrossRef]
13. J. Vanhanen, S. Parkkinen, V. P. Lappanen, T. Jaaskelainen and J. P. S. Parkkinen, �??Grating Formation in 13-demethyl Bacteriorhodopsin Film,�?? Opt. Rev. 8, 368 (2001). [CrossRef]
14. H. Kogelnik, �??Coupled wave theory for thick hologram gratings,�?? Bell Sys. Tech. J. 48, 2902 (1969).
15. M. S. Malcuit, R.W. Boyd, L.W. Hillman, J. Krasinski and Jr. C.R. Stroud, �??Saturation and inverse-saturation absorption line shapes in alexandrite,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 73-75 (1984). [CrossRef]
16. Richard B. Gross, K. Can Izgi and Robert R. Birge, �??Holographic thin films, spatial light modulators and optical associative memories based on bacteriorhodopsin,�?? Proc. SPIE 1662, Image Storage and Retrieval Systems, 186-196 (1992). [CrossRef]

Appl. Opt.

• Michael E. DeRosa, and Stephan L. Logunov, �??Fiber-optic power limiter based on photothermal defocusing in an optical polymer,�?? Appl. Opt. 42, 2683 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• P. Wu, Reji Philip, R. B. Laghumavarapu, J. Devulapalli, D. V. G. L. N. Rao, B. Kimball, M. Nakashima, and B. S. DeCristafano, �??Optical Power Limiting with Photoinduced Anisotropy of Azobenzene Films,�?? Appl. Opt. 42, 4560 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• George E. Dovgalenko, Matthew Klotz, and Gregory J. Salamo, Garry L.Wood �??Optically induced birefringence in bacteriorhodospin as an optical limiter,�?? Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 287-289 (1996). [CrossRef]

Bell Sys. Tech. J.

• H. Kogelnik, �??Coupled wave theory for thick hologram gratings,�?? Bell Sys. Tech. J. 48, 2902 (1969).

Chem. Phys. Lett.

• Z. Jin, L. Huang, S. H. Goh, G. Xu and W. Ji, �??Size-dependent optical limiting behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes,�?? Chem. Phys. Lett. 352, 328-333 (2002). [CrossRef]

Current opinion in Sol. St. and Mat. Sci

• R. C. Hollins, �??Materials for Optical limiters,�?? Current opinion in Solid State and Material Science 4, 189-196 (1999). [CrossRef]

Int. Rev. Phys. Chem.

• Y-P. Sun and J. E. Riggs, �??Organic and inorganic optical limiting materials. From fullerenes to nanoparticles,�?? Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 18, 43-90 (1999). [CrossRef]

J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mat.

• D. V. G. L. N. Rao, F. J. Aranda, Z. Chen, J. A. Akkara, D. L. Kaplan and M. Nakashmia, �??Nonlinear optical studies of Bacteriorhodopsin�??, J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mat. 5, 331 (1996). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• M. S. Malcuit, R.W. Boyd, L.W. Hillman, J. Krasinski and Jr. C.R. Stroud, �??Saturation and inverse-saturation absorption line shapes in alexandrite,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 1, 73-75 (1984). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

• M. P. Joshi, J. Swiatkiewicz, F. Xu, P. N. Prasad, B. A. Reinhardt, and R. Kannan, �??Energy transfer coupling of two-photon absorption and reverse saturable absorption for enhanced optical power limiting,�?? Opt. Lett. 23, 1742-1744 (1998). [CrossRef]
• F. E. Hernandez, S. Yang, E. W. Van Stryland, and D. J. Hagan, �??High Dynamic range casdaded-focus optical limiter,�?? Opt. Lett. 25, 1180-1182 (2000). [CrossRef]

Opt. Mat.

• Y. Z. Gu, Z. J. Liang, and F. X. Gan, �??Self-diffraction and optical limiting properties of organically modified sol-gel material containing palladium-ocatisopentyloxy-phathalocynine under cw laser illumination,�?? Opt. Mat. 17, 471 (2001). [CrossRef]

Opt. Mem. Neural Netw.

• Joby Joseph, F. J. Aranda, D. V. G. L. N. Rao, and B. S. DeCristofano, �??Optical Computing and Information Processing with a Protein Complex,�?? Opt. Mem. Neural Netw. 6, 275 (1997).

Opt. Rev.

• J. Vanhanen, S. Parkkinen, V. P. Lappanen, T. Jaaskelainen and J. P. S. Parkkinen, �??Grating Formation in 13-demethyl Bacteriorhodopsin Film,�?? Opt. Rev. 8, 368 (2001). [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE

• Richard B. Gross, K. Can Izgi and Robert R. Birge, �??Holographic thin films, spatial light modulators and optical associative memories based on bacteriorhodopsin,�?? Proc. SPIE 1662, Image Storage and Retrieval Systems, 186-196 (1992). [CrossRef]

Other

• American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers ANSI Z136.1 �?? 2000. <a href="www.laserinstitute.org">www.laserinstitute.org</a>

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