2013/09/10 by Eleana Makri, Makri, Eleana, Hamidreza Ramezani +5 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices #cond-mat.dis-nn #nlin.CD #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.2595
4.5 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2013/09/10 · openalex publication_date 2013/09/10 · arxiv updated 2013/09/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Optical limiters are designed to transmit low intensity light, while blocking the light with excessively high intensity. A typical passive limiter absorbs excessive electromagnetic energy, which can cause its overheating and destruction. We propose the concept of a layered reflective limiter based on resonance transmission via a non-linear localized mode. Such a limiter does not absorb the high level radiation, but rather reflects it back to space. Importantly, the total reflection occurs within a broad frequency range and for an arbitrary direction of incidence. The same concept can be applied to infrared and microwave frequencies.