Abstract
We address the propagation of laser beams in nanocomposite waveguides with thermo-optical nonlinearity. We show that the large modifications of the absorption coefficient as well as notable changes of the refractive index of nanoparticles embedded into the host media that accompany the semiconductor-to-metal phase transition may lead to optical limiting in the near-IR wave range.
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