ZnSe－ZnS量子阱的光学非线性

半导体量子阱及超晶格材料具有室温激子效应以及强的光学非线性从而得到人们广泛的重视。利用半导体量子阱和超晶格可以制备出高速度、低闭值、小尺寸及室温工作的半导体激光器、光双稳器件等一系列光电子器件.     

还原石墨烯光学波段复折射率及消光性能研究

在对氧化和还原石墨烯近紫外到近红外波段反射率谱测量的基础上,利用Kramers-Kronig关系计算其复折射率,并反推反射率与光谱分析确定误差水平;运用T矩阵法计算其在该波段的吸收和消光效率因子,分析其消光和吸收性能.结果表明,反推反射率值与实测值误差在10~(-6)量级,且其吸收谱线特征与复折射率虚部吻合;还原石墨烯的可见光-近红外消光和吸收较强,但紫外消光和吸收较弱;氧化石墨烯在紫外-可见光波段的消光和吸收较强,但在近红外波段迅速减弱.因此,该计算方法在两种材料上适用,且氧化和还原石墨烯均可用作宽波段的光吸收或消光材料,但还原石墨烯近紫外波段以及氧化石墨烯近红外波段的性能有待改善.     

Dependence of nonlinear refractive index of ZnSe on Be and Mg content

The values of the nonlinear refractive index n₂ and the two-photon absorption coefficient β of ternary and quaternary ZnSe-based mixed crystals were extracted from the standard backward degenerate four wave mixing (DFWM) and nonlinear transmission measurements at 532 nm, respectively. Studied crystals were grown by the modified high-pressure Bridgman method. We found that the value of the nonlinear refractive index n₂ for Zn_0.79Be_0.21Se is higher than that for Zn_0.80Mg_0.20Se. However, the opposite behaviour was found in the case of two-photon absorption coefficient β for these compounds. We also found that the values of the nonlinear refractive index n₂ and the two-photon absorption coefficient β for Zn_0.83Be_0.04Mg_0.13Se are about five times lower and three times higher than that for Zn_0.80Mg_0.13Se, respectively. In the case of ternary ZnSe-based crystals we noticed that the value of the nonlinear refractive index n2 decreases with increasing Mg or Be content. However, the value of the two-photon absorption coefficient β increases with increasing Mg or Be content.     

Nonlinear refractive index measurement of tris(acetylacetonato) manganese(III) solution

We present the results from investigations of the nonlinear refractive index and nonlinear absorption coefficient of tris(acetylacetonato)manganese(III) solution, using Z-scan technique with a low-power continuous-wave laser at 514 nm. We demonstrate that the light-induced nonlinear refractive index variation leads to strong self-focusing and self-defocusing. A pump and probe technique was used to investigate the cause of nonlinearity. Furthermore, the nonlinear absorption effect was utilized to demonstrate all optical switching.     

Measurement of the third order nonlinear optical coefficients of GaP and chirp parameter of laser pulse

The spectral resolved femtosecond pump-probe experiment is applied to measure the third order nonlinear refractive index coefficient, two-photon absorption coefficient of GaP crystal, and the chirp parameter of the input laser pulses. The results show that nonlinear refractive index coefficient is 2× 10-18 m2/W, twophoton absorption coefficient is 2× 10-11 m/W at wavelength of 783.5 nm, and the chirp parameter of laser pulse is l× 1025 s-2. Furthermore, the mechanism of nonlinear refraction due to two-photon absorption in GaP crystal and experimental results are discussed.     

Large nonlinear optical response of polycrystalline Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 ferroelectric thin films on quartz substrates

We measure the nonlinear susceptibility of Bi(3.25)La(0.75)Ti(3)O(12) (BLT) thin films grown on quartz substrates using the Z-scan technique with picosecond laser pulses at a wavelength of 532 nm. The third-order nonlinear refractive index coefficient gamma and absorption coefficient beta of the BLT thin film are 3.1 x 10(-10) cm(2)/W and 3 x 10(-5) cm/W, respectively, which are much larger than those of most ferroelectric films. The results show that the BLT thin films on quartz substrates are good candidate materials for applications in nonlinear optical devices.     

Study of optical properties in a cubic quantum dot

In this paper, the effect of hydrostatic pressure on both the intersubband optical absorption coefficients and the refractive index changes is studied for typical GaAs/Al _x  Ga_1?x As cubic quantum dot. We use analytical expressions for the linear and third-order nonlinear intersubband absorption coefficients and refractive index changes obtained by the compact-density matrix formalism. The linear, third-order nonlinear, and total intersubband absorption coefficients and refractive index changes are calculated at different pressures as a function of the photon energy with known values of box length (L), the incident optical intensity (I), and Al concentration (x). According to the results obtained from the present work, we have found that the pressure plays an important role in the intersubband optical absorption coefficient and refractive index changes in a cubic quantum dot.     

Parametrically shielding electromagnetic fields by nonlinear metamaterials

An analytical theory is developed for parametric interactions in metamaterial multilayer structures with simultaneous nonlinear electronic and magnetic responses and with a near-zero refractive index. We demonstrate theoretically that electromagnetic fields of certain frequencies can be parametrically shielded by a nonlinear left-handed material slab, where the permittivity and permeability are both negative. The skin depth is tunable, and even in the absence of material absorption, can be much less than the wavelength of the electromagnetic field being shielded. This exotic behavior is a consequence of the intricate nonlinear response in the left-handed materials and vanishing optical refractive index at the pump frequency.     

Polaron effects on the optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes in a square quantum well

The linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes are obtained by using the compact density-matrix approach and an iterative procedure. With typical semiconducting GaAs materials, the linear, third-order nonlinear, total optical absorption coefficients and the optical refractive index have been examined. We find that the polaron effect has an important influence on the linear, third-order nonlinear, and total absorption coefficients as well as the refractive index changes.     

纵向扫描法测量非线性折射率和吸收的理论分析和测量结果

本文以薄样品的分析为基础,采用高斯分解方法,在一定近似条件下,对纵向扫描进行严格的理论推导,获得了远场光阑归一化透过率的数值解析表达式.利用所得表达式,由测得的归一化透过率曲线可同时获得非线性折射率和非线性吸收的大小和符号.对非线性吸收和极值点的讨论进一步证明了结果的准确性.最后简要介绍了一种自行设计的全自动纵向扫描测试系统,并对CS₂标准样品进行了闭孔测量.测得CS₂的非线性折射率大小与国际报道完全一致.     

Measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of SF6 with a hollow prism

We measure the nonlinear refractive index of SF₆ at three different CO₂ laser lines. Higher terms than the cubic nonlinearity are found and the behavior of the refractive index as a function of the laser intensity depends strongly on the frequency used, reflecting the characteristic SF₆ absorption dynamics.     

Linear and nonlinear intersubband optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes in a quantum box with finite confining potential

In this work, both the intersubband optical absorption coefficients and the refractive index changes are calculated exactly in a quantum box. Analytical expressions for the linear and nonlinear intersubband absorption coefficients and refractive index changes are obtained by using the compact-density matrix approach. Numerical results are presented for typical GaAs/Al_xGa_1−x As quantum box system. The linear, third-order nonlinear and total absorption and refractive index changes are investigated as a function of the incident optical intensity and structure parameters such as box-edge length and stoichiometric ratio. Our results show that both the incident optical intensity and the structure parameters have a great effect on the total absorption and refractive index changes.     

偶氮分散红聚合物薄膜的Z扫描研究

采用单光束Z扫描技术对新型光学存储材料偶氮分散红聚合物的薄膜样品进行了测量。实验结果表明 ,该样品的非线性折射率为负值。为消除非线性吸收的影响 ,将实验所得有孔Z扫描曲线除以开孔Z扫描曲线进行了处理。从Z扫描曲线的实验数据处理得到这种新型偶氮分散红聚合物薄膜材料的非线性折射率为 :- 5 .5× 10 -6cm2 /W ,其值比常见无机非线性光学材料大 8～ 9个数量级 ,是一种很有应用前景的新型光学存储材料。最后 ,对这种偶氮聚合物薄膜具有大的非线性折射率的物理机制进行了分析。初步认为 :在线偏振光照射下 ,偶氮分子变为各向异性。这些类似液晶相的分子很好地关联在一起 ,分子的取向对外界扰动的响应是一种集体的效果 ,所以他们具有很大的非线性响应。     

Polaron effect on the optical absorption and refractive index of an exciton in quantum dots

We have studied the optical absorption of an exciton and its refractive index in a disc-like quantum dot, taking into account of the confined longitudinal optical (LO) phonons. Calculations are performed in the framework of the effective-mass approximation using the compact density-matrix approach. With typical semiconducting GaAs materials, the linear, third-order nonlinear, total optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes with and without considering the exciton-phonon interaction have been examined. By comparing the polaron effect of the two-electron quantum dot, it is found that the corrections due to the LO phonons on the optical absorption and refractive index are very important and cannot be ignored.     

Third-order nonlinearity of nickel oxide nanoparticles in toluene

We report measurements of the nonlinear refractive index, n(2), of nickel oxide nanoparticles (NPs) in toluene at 532 nm. The measurements were performed using the Z-scan technique with 80 ps laser pulses at 7 Hz. Large values of n(2) in the range of 10(-13)-10(-12) cm(2)/W were measured, and negligible two-photon absorption coefficient was estimated for colloids having NP filling fractions in the range of 10(-8)-10(-7).     

Intersubband optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes in modulation-doped asymmetric double quantum well

The linear and the third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes in a modulation-doped asymmetric double quantum well are studied theoretically. The electron energy levels and the envelope wave functions in this structure are calculated by the Schrödinger and Poisson equations self-consistently in the effective mass approximation. The analytical expressions of optical properties are obtained by using the compact density-matrix approach. In this regard, the linear, nonlinear and total intersubband absorption coefficients and refractive index changes are investigated as a function of right-well width (Lw₂) of asymmetric double quantum well. Our results show that the total absorption coefficients and refractive index changes shift toward higher energies as the right-well width decreases. In addition, the total optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes is strongly dependent on the incident optical intensity.     

Optical Properties and Terahertz Radiation Generation in a LI2B4O7 Crystal

Russian Physics Journal - Spectral dependences of components of the refractive index and absorption coefficient in a Li2B4O7 (LB4) nonlinear crystal are determined in the THz range for the first...     

交联聚苯乙烯的太赫兹光谱特性

交联聚苯乙烯是一种热固性塑料,具有优异的介电特性和耐高压击穿能力等特性。采用基于太赫兹波空气电离相干探测法(THz-ABCD)的太赫兹时域光谱系统,测量了交联聚苯乙烯和聚苯乙烯样品在太赫兹的光谱特性,得到了其在2~13 THz频段的吸收系数、折射率等光学参数。研究结果表明:交联聚苯乙烯和聚苯乙烯的吸收谱形状相似,在6.6,9.8和12.25 THz等处存在多个吸收峰,但是交联聚苯乙烯的吸收系数在12 THz以下高于聚苯乙烯,在12 THz以上低于聚苯乙烯;交联聚苯乙烯的折射率高于聚苯乙烯,聚苯乙烯的折射率在1.58~1.59之间,交联聚苯乙烯的折射率在1.59~1.62之间。     

Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility of Indium Phosphide Nanocrystals

InP nanocrystals synthesized by refluxing and annealing of organic solvent are determined from XRD measurements to have an averse granularity of 25 nm. The nonlinear optical properties of the InP nanocrystals studied by using laser Z-scan technique with 50 ps pulses at 532nm are found to reveal strong nonlinear optical properties and two-photon absorption phenomenon. Also, the nonlinear absorption coeffcient, the nonlinear refractive index and the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility are determined by experiments, in which the nonlinear refractive index is three orders of magnitude larger than that of bulk InP.     

Nonlinear responses and optical limiting behavior of fast green FCF dye under a low power CW He-Ne laser irradiation

The nonlinear responses and optical limiting performance of a dye type acid, called fast green FCF, are investigated under irradiation of 35 mW continuous wave He-Ne Laser. The second order refractive index and nonlinear absorption coefficient are measured by use of z-Scan technique. The optical limiting behavior is investigated by transmission measurement through the sample. Linear absorption coefficient (α), nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) and second order refractive index (n₂) of fast green FCF are measured at different concentrations.