Enhanced optical limiting properties in suspensions of CdO nanowires

Optical limiting (OL) properties of CdO nanowires in water and ethanol were investigated by using nanosecond laser pulses at 532 nm. Experimental results show that suspension of CdO nanowires in ethanol exhibits better OL property than solution of C 60 in toluene and suspension of CdO nanowires in w...

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Published inOptics communications Vol. 274; no. 1; pp. 201 - 205
Main Authors Chang, Qing, Chang, Cun, Zhang, Xueru, Ye, Hongan, Shi, Guang, Zhang, Wang, Wang, Yuxiao, Xin, XinQuan, Song, Yinglin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.06.2007
Elsevier Science
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Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear scattering
Optical limiting
Optics
Physics
Solvent effect
Solvent effect
42.65.−k
Optical limiting
42.79.−e
Nonlinear scattering
Cadmium oxides
Chemical solution
Binary compounds
Particle suspension
Experimental study
Pulsed lasers
Optical limiting; Solvent effect; Nonlinear scattering
42.65.-k; 42.79.-e
Visible radiation
Fullerenes
Nonlinear optics
ns range
Solvent effects
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Summary:Optical limiting (OL) properties of CdO nanowires in water and ethanol were investigated by using nanosecond laser pulses at 532 nm. Experimental results show that suspension of CdO nanowires in ethanol exhibits better OL property than solution of C 60 in toluene and suspension of CdO nanowires in water. The dominant mechanism for the observed enhanced optical limiting in ethanol suspensions of CdO nanowires is due to nonlinear scattering.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2007.01.064