Dispersion and pulse-duration dependence of the nonlinear optical responseof Gd-2 at C-80

Authors
Yaglioglu, G Pino, R Dorsinville, R Liu, JZ
Citation
G. Yaglioglu et al., Dispersion and pulse-duration dependence of the nonlinear optical responseof Gd-2 at C-80, APPL PHYS L, 78(7), 2001, pp. 898-900
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
78
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
898 - 900
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20010212)78:7<898:DAPDOT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Single-beam z-scan and transient absorption experiments were carried out be tween 400 and 1000 nm in Gd-2 at C-80 thin films and solutions. The third-o rder nonlinearity was large, negative, and strongly dependent on pulse dura tion and wavelength. Transient absorption results suggest that the fast non linear response is enhanced by two-photon-induced ground-state absorption a nd excited-state bleaching effects. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.