Large optical limiting properties of the pentanuclear ‘open’ structural cluster compound [WS4Cu4(SCN)2(py)6]

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Michael K. M. Low, Hongwei Hou, Wei Ji, Michael K. M. Low, Hegen Zheng, Guoxin Jin, Xinquan Xin and Wingtak Wong


Abstract

Optical limiting properties of a pentanuclear ‘open’ structural inorganic cluster have been studied with 7 ns laser pulses of 532 nm wavelength; the limiting threshold of the cluster [WS4Cu4(SCN)2(py)6] is 0.3 J cm2, which is about five times better than that observed in C60.


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