SELF-DEFOCUSING EFFECTS IN AN ETHANOL SOLUTION OF CHLOROPHYLL

Authors
DYKSTRA R MCDUFF RG HECKENBERG NR
Citation
R. Dykstra et al., SELF-DEFOCUSING EFFECTS IN AN ETHANOL SOLUTION OF CHLOROPHYLL, Journal of nonlinear optical physics and materials, 6(2), 1997, pp. 181-192
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Journal of nonlinear optical physics and materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
02188635
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
181 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-8635(1997)6:2<181:SEIAES>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The thermally induced optical nonlinearity in a chlorophyll ethanol so lution is examined. A theory is presented which shows good agreement w ith experiment. The theory models an optically thick but physically th in medium whose only heat transport mechanism is conduction. An averag e nz was found for the medium which corresponds well with previous res ults but the thermal medium is shown to be fundamentally different fro m a Kerr medium.