Nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction: Maximizing the merit factors
Paper i proceeding, 2012
Both nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction are effects that are potentially useful for a plethora of applications in photonics, nanophotonics and biophotonics. Despite substantial attention given to these phenomena by researchers studying the merits of disparate systems such as organic materials, hybrid materials, metal-containing molecules and nanostructures, it is virtually impossible to compare the results obtained on different materials when varying parameters of the light beams and different techniques are employed. We have attempted to address the problem by studying the properties of various systems in a systematic way, within a wide range of wavelengths, and including the regions of onephoton, two-photon and three-photon absorption. The objects of our studies have been typical nonlinear chromophores, such as π-conjugated molecules, oligomers and polymers, organometallics and coordination complexes containing transition metals, organometallic dendrimers, small metal-containing clusters, and nanoparticles of various kinds, including semiconductor quantum dots, plasmonic particles and rare-earth doped nanocrystals. We discuss herein procedures to quantify the nonlinear response of all of these systems, by defining and comparing the merit factors relevant for various applications.
nonlinear refractive index
nonlinear microscopy
all-optical switching
3D information storage
Nonlinear absorbers
Författare
Marek Samoc
Australian National University
Politechnika Wrocławska
K. Matczyszyn
Politechnika Wrocławska
M. Nyk
Politechnika Wrocławska
J. Olesiak-Banska
Politechnika Wrocławska
D. Wawrzynczyk
Politechnika Wrocławska
Piotr Hanczyc
Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Fysikalisk kemi
J. Szeremeta
Politechnika Wrocławska
M. Wielgus
Politechnika Wrocławska
M. Gordel
Politechnika Wrocławska
L. Mazur
Politechnika Wrocławska
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
R. Kolkowski
Laboratoire de photonique quantique et moleculaire
Politechnika Wrocławska
B. Straszak
Politechnika Wrocławska
M. P. Cifuentes
Australian National University
M. G. Humphrey
Australian National University
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)
Vol. 8258 Art. no. 82580V- 82580V9780819489012 (ISBN)
Ämneskategorier
Fysikalisk kemi
DOI
10.1117/12.912236
ISBN
9780819489012