Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7129086 Optics & Laser Technology 2018 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
In this work, we studied the thermally-induced optical nonlinearity of alcohols by analyzing the far-filed diffraction rings patterns, which are generated when the alcohols are illuminated by a laser beam resonant to their overtones. We deduced the nonlinear refractive index coefficient n2 generated by thermal nonlinear optical effect to be -(20.53±00.03)×10-8cm2/W, which is much higher than that of Kerr effect (7.7×10-16cm2/W). The results also demonstrated that the thermally-induced optical nonlinearity increased with the laser power and sample concentration increasing. The notable nonlinearity suggests that thermal effect has potentials in many applications such as optical spatial modulation, and trapping and guiding of atoms.
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