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Limiting Mechanisms in a Photoconducting Liquid Phthalocyanine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Richard G. S. Pong
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375
James S. Shirk
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375
Steven R. Flom
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375
Arthur W. Snow
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375
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Abstract

Photoexcitation of a new pure liquid phthalocyanine gives both a strong nonlinear absorption and photoalectrical charge generation. The novel photoelectrical properties of the material lead to plasma formation, an additional limiting mechanism, at moderate fluences.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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