Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7130744 | Optics & Laser Technology | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The third-order nonlinear optical properties of Bromocresol purple (BCP): PMMA films are determined by means of thermal self-diffraction using continuous-wave (cw) diode laser beam with a wavelength of 473Â nm and a laser power output of 40Â mW. The magnitude of the nonlinear refractive index, n2, is determined based on the diffraction ring patterns obtained as a result of thermal self-diffraction induced by self-phase modulation. The results indicate that BCP: PMMA films have large nonlinear refractive index, n2, for near resonance absorbance under 473Â nm excitation. This happens since the energy of the excitation at 473Â nm is nearer to the gap energy of the BCP: PMMA films, hence it is expected that the linear absorption and the nonlinear optical properties of this medium to be large at this wavelength. The nonlinear refractive index, n2, the change in refractive index, În, and the thermo-optic coefficient, dn/dT, are in the order of 10â5Â cm2/W, (0.0088-0.039), 10â5Â Kâ1 respectively.
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Authors
Alaa Y. AL-Ahmad, Mohammed F. AL-Mudhaffer, Hussain A. Badran, Chassib A. Emshary,