Influence of pulsed and cw pumping on optical nonlinear parameters of laser dyes probed by a closed-aperture Z-scan technique
JOSA B, Vol. 24, Issue 9, pp. 2147-2156 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.24.002147
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Abstract
Two dye pairs suitable for energy transfer along with a photostable dye have been studied by using the closed-aperture (CA) Z-scan technique under pulsed and cw pumping. Here we use a theoretical model to elucidate the refractive and absorptive nonlinearity present simultaneously in the CA Z-scan profile. A separate open-aperture (OA) Z-scan study has been carried out to compare the nonlinear absorption parameters obtained from the CA Z-scan technique. At a fixed pumping wavelength, values of optical nonlinear parameters increase with the absorbance of dyes. It is found that the sign of refractive nonlinearity is dependent on the irradiance and the pulse width of the pump beam. In addition to the contribution of the third-order optical nonlinearity, various other mechanisms such as fifth-order nonlinearity, population relaxation to triplet states, and thermal effects are discussed here.
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OCIS Codes
(160.4890) Materials : Organic materials
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(190.4710) Nonlinear optics : Optical nonlinearities in organic materials
(190.4870) Nonlinear optics : Photothermal effects
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 27, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: May 2, 2007
Published: August 7, 2007
Citation
Umakanta Tripathy and Prem B. Bisht, "Influence of pulsed and cw pumping on optical nonlinear parameters of laser dyes probed by a closed-aperture Z-scan technique," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 2147-2156 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-24-9-2147
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