Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 15, 1500012(2025)
Research Progress in Nonlinear Optical Limiting Materials (Invited)
As a passive means of laser protection, optical limiting technology based on nonlinear optics has received extensive attention from researchers in recent years, and optical limiting materials are its crucial components. The development of high-performance optical limiting materials is of vital significance for the construction of protective systems to cope with the increasingly severe threat of high-intensity lasers. This review introduces the basic principle of optical limiting and summarizes the research progress on optical limiting materials (including organic small molecules, metal complexes, carbon-based materials, semiconductor nanomaterials, etc.) based on different nonlinear optical mechanisms (such as reverse saturable absorption, nonlinear scattering, and nonlinear refraction). Finally, future research directions for optical limiting materials are proposed.
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Wenfa Zhou, Yinglin Song. Research Progress in Nonlinear Optical Limiting Materials (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(15): 1500012
Category: Reviews
Received: Jun. 10, 2025
Accepted: Jul. 3, 2025
Published Online: Aug. 8, 2025
The Author Email: Yinglin Song (ylsong@hit.edu.cn)
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