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Non Linear Optical Properties of Singlewall Carbon Nanotubes for Optical Limiting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

L. Vivien ,
E. Anglaret ,
D. Riehl  and
F. Hache
L. Vivien
Affiliation:
DGA/CTA/Laser, Optique et Thermooptique, Arcueil, France
E. Anglaret
Affiliation:
Université de Montpellier II, Groupe de Dynamique des Phases Condensées, Montpellier, France
D. Riehl
Affiliation:
DGA/CTA/Laser, Optique et Thermooptique, Arcueil, France
F. Hache
Affiliation:
Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire Optique Quantique, Palaiseau, France
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Abstract

Optical limiting properties of singlewall carbon nanotubes suspended in water have been evaluated with 7 ns pulses at 532 and 1064 nm and compared with those of other materials. In order to determine the origin of optical limiting, we carried out a Z-scan experiment at 532 nm and 1064nm at different input energies. We evidenced strong nonlinear scattering and a refractive effect with a negative nonlinear index. The kinetics of nonlinear transmission, from the nanosecond to millisecond time scale, was studied using a pump-probe set-up at 1064nm. We observed cavitation bubbles growth at low input energy. The different nonlinear effects evidenced are discussed in terms of physical origin and in terms of broadband optical limiting efficiency.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 597: Symposium PP – Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices & Materials … , 1999 , 257
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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