REAL AND IMAGINARY COMPONENTS OF THE 3RD-ORDER NONLINEARITY OF POLYANILINE DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC SALT

Authors
SAMOC M SAMOC A LUTHERDAVIES B SWIATKIEWICZ J JIN CQ WHITE JW
Citation
M. Samoc et al., REAL AND IMAGINARY COMPONENTS OF THE 3RD-ORDER NONLINEARITY OF POLYANILINE DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC SALT, Optics letters, 20(24), 1995, pp. 2478-2480
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
24
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2478 - 2480
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:24<2478:RAICOT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The third-order optical nonlinearity of a salt form of polyaniline has been measured at 527, 800, and 1054 nm. The dominant nonlinear respon se has been found to be bleaching of the material absorption, leading to high negative values of the imaginary part of the nonlinearity. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America