Analysis of asymmetric Z-scan measurement for large optical nonlinearities in an amorphous As2S3 thin film
JOSA B, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 600-604 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.16.000600
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Abstract
We have extended the conventional Z-scan theory by employing an aberration-free approximation of a Gaussian beam through a nonlinear medium and derived a simple analytical formula for Z-scan transmittance, including the effects of both nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction, which could be applicable to the sample with large nonlinear phase shifts. We verified the extended Z-scan theory in an amorphous chalcogenide As2S3 thin film by measuring the Z-scan transmittance with both open and closed apertures. The nonlinear refractive index γ=7.6×10−5 cm2/W and the nonlinear absorption coefficient β=1.6 cm/W of As2S3 were measured at subbandgap 633-nm illumination.
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OCIS Codes
(160.2750) Materials : Glass and other amorphous materials
(160.4330) Materials : Nonlinear optical materials
(190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
(190.5940) Nonlinear optics : Self-action effects
Citation
Chong Hoon Kwak, Yeung Lak Lee, and Seong Gyu Kim, "Analysis of asymmetric Z-scan measurement for large optical nonlinearities in an amorphous As2S3 thin film," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 600-604 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-16-4-600
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