LARGE PURELY REFRACTIVE NONLINEAR INDEX OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL P-TOLUENE SULFONATE (PTS) AT 1600 NM

Authors
LAWRENCE BL CHA M KANG JU TORUELLAS W STEGEMAN G BAKER G METH J ETEMAD S
Citation
Bl. Lawrence et al., LARGE PURELY REFRACTIVE NONLINEAR INDEX OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL P-TOLUENE SULFONATE (PTS) AT 1600 NM, Electronics Letters, 30(5), 1994, pp. 447-448
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
447 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:5<447:LPRNIO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Z-scan measurements at 1600 nm on single-crystal PTS (p-toluene sulfon ate) with single, 65 ps pulses gave a complex nonlinear refractive ind ex coefficient of n2 = 2.2(+/-0.3) x 10(-12)cm2/W at 1 GW/cm2 and alph a2 < 0.5cm/GW. This is the first highly nonlinear, organic material to satisfy the conditions imposed by the figures of merit.