Large third-order optical nonlinearities of nickel-dithiolene-doped polymethylmethacrylate
Winter, C. S. ; Oliver, S. N. ; Rush, J. D. ; Hill, C. A. S. ; Underhill, A. E.
[S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1992
[S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1992
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1089-7550
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
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The third-order optical nonlinearity χ(3) of two novel guest-host polymers has been measured. The polymers consisted of nickel dithiolene guest molecules in a polymethylmethacrylate host and were prepared as cast or spun films. The optical nonlinearity was measured by degenerate four-wave-mixing experiments at a wavelength of 1.06 μm using 100-ps laser pulses. χ(3) coefficients of up to 10−17 m2/V2 were observed, corresponding to nonlinear refractive index n2 of up to 10−8 cm2/kW with a damage threshold (approximately-greater-than)1 GW/cm2.
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Electronic Resource
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