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Optics Express

  • Editor: Andrew M. Weiner
  • Vol. 21, Iss. 2 — Jan. 28, 2013
  • pp: 2072–2082

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Third order nonlinear optical property of Bi2Se3

Shunbin Lu, Chujun Zhao, Yanhong Zou, Shuqing Chen, Yu Chen, Ying Li, Han Zhang, Shuangchun Wen, and Dingyuan Tang  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 2072-2082 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.002072


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Abstract

The third order nonlinear optical property of Bi2Se3, a kind of topological insulator (TI), has been investigated under femto-second laser excitation. The open and closed aperture Z-scan measurements were used to unambiguously distinguish the real and imaginary part of the third order optical nonlinearity of the TI. When excited at 800 nm, the TI exhibits saturable absorption with a saturation intensity of 10.12 GW/cm2 and a modulation depth of 61.2%, and a giant nonlinear refractive index of 10−14 m2/W, almost six orders of magnitude larger than that of bulk dielectrics. This finding suggests that the TI: Bi2Se3 is indeed a promising nonlinear optical material and thus can find potential applications from passive laser mode locker to optical Kerr effect based photonic devices.

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OCIS Codes
(160.4330) Materials : Nonlinear optical materials
(190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(160.4236) Materials : Nanomaterials

ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 24, 2012
Revised Manuscript: December 7, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: December 14, 2012
Published: January 18, 2013

Citation
Shunbin Lu, Chujun Zhao, Yanhong Zou, Shuqing Chen, Yu Chen, Ying Li, Han Zhang, Shuangchun Wen, and Dingyuan Tang, "Third order nonlinear optical property of Bi2Se3," Opt. Express 21, 2072-2082 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-2-2072


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