Temporal response of nonlinear transmission in optically thick saturable absorbers and determination of saturable absorption parameters |
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Authors: | Shigeki Miyanaga Kenji Aihara |
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Institution: | 1. College of Design and Manufacturing Technology, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1 Mizumoto, Muroran, Hokkaido, 050-8585, Japan
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Abstract: | The temporal response of nonlinear transmission in saturable absorbers is theoretically investigated on the basis of a four-energy-level
model including an excited-state absorption, and is experimentally employed for determining saturable absorption parameters
in saturable-dye-doped films. The approximation of optically thin absorbers is shown to be inadequate to this end. In theoretical
calculations, optically thick saturable absorbers are treated by a set of simultaneous partial differential equations: a rate
equation governing the dynamics of population densities of energy levels and a propagation equation governing the propagation
of optical fields in the optically thick absorbers. By comparing experimental results with numerical ones, the saturable absorption
parameters can be determined on the basis of the intensity dependence of response time. In numerical calculations, the effect
of random orientation is also considered for optically anisotropic molecules rigidly fixed in saturable absorbing media. The
characterization of the saturable absorption parameters is conducted by using uranine-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) films. |
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