Optical nonlinearity measurement of 4-(N-methyl, N-hydroxyethl)amino, 4′-nitroazobenzene using a transmittance technique with a phase object (T-PO) with top-hat beams at 600-nm wavelength

The transmittance technique with a phase object (T-PO), for measuring optical nonlinear coefficients is proposed with a top-hat beam. The sensitivity of the T-PO with a top-hat beam is a factor of 4 greater than that with a Gaussian beam. The validity of this method is verified by measuring the nonl...

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Published inChinese physics B Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 104201 - 1-104201-5
Main Authors Jin, Xiao, Li, Zhong-Guo, Zhang, Xue-Ru, Yang, Kun, Wang, Yu-Xiao, Song, Ying-Lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.2012
Subjects
Beams (radiation)
Gaussian beams (optics)
Liquids
Nonlinearity
Phase objects
Transmittance
Wavelengths
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Summary:The transmittance technique with a phase object (T-PO), for measuring optical nonlinear coefficients is proposed with a top-hat beam. The sensitivity of the T-PO with a top-hat beam is a factor of 4 greater than that with a Gaussian beam. The validity of this method is verified by measuring the nonlinearity of a well-characterized liquid, CS sub(2) at 532-nm wavelength. The ease of use of this method has been proved by measuring a new compound 4-(N-methyl, N-hydroxyethyl)amino, 4'-nitroazobenzene(ANAB) at 600-nm wavelength, indicating that this method can be extended to the measurement of optical nonlinearities in a wide-band spectrum.
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ISSN:1674-1056
1741-4199
DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/21/10/104201