Issue 10, 2002

Z-scan investigation of fifth-order optical nonlinearity induced by saturable-absorption from (TBA)2Ni(dmit)2: application for optical limiting

Abstract

The Z-scan technique has been successfully used to determine the magnitudes and signs of the fifth-order optical nonlinearity induced by two-photon absorption. Here, it was used to investigate the fifth-order optical nonlinearity induced by saturable-absorption (SA) of a charge-transfer salt (TBA)2Ni(dmit)2 (TBA = tetra-n-butylammonium, dmit = 2-thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate) with 1064 nm pulses. Under excitation by these 1064 nm pulses, the titled molecule exhibits a typical SA effect at relatively low levels of intensity, while showing strong excited-state absorption (including the first and second excited-state) induced by SA at high intensity levels. Such an excited-state absorption is related to the fifth-order effect. The magnitudes and signs of the fifth- and third-order nonlinearities were estimated. Additionally, the optical limiting effect of this molecule in a dimethyl sulfoxide solution was also studied.

Graphical abstract: Z-scan investigation of fifth-order optical nonlinearity induced by saturable-absorption from (TBA)2Ni(dmit)2: application for optical limiting

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Mar 2002
Accepted
29 Jul 2002
First published
02 Sep 2002

J. Mater. Chem., 2002,12, 2945-2948

Z-scan investigation of fifth-order optical nonlinearity induced by saturable-absorption from (TBA)2Ni(dmit)2: application for optical limiting

C. Zhan, W. Xu, D. Zhang, D. Li, Z. Lu, Y. Nie and D. Zhu, J. Mater. Chem., 2002, 12, 2945 DOI: 10.1039/B203021G

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