Author/Authors :
Menezes، نويسنده , , L.de S. and de Araْjo، نويسنده , , Cid B. and Alencar، نويسنده , , M.A.R.C. and Athayde-Filho، نويسنده , , P.F. and Miller، نويسنده , , J. and Simas، نويسنده , , A.M.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Optical Kerr shutter (OKS) measurements were performed in a solution of a mesoionic compound (MIC) in dimethylsulfoxide using 10 ns pulses of broadband noisy light with a coherence time of 160 fs. The results show a light induced birefringence with two main components: an instantaneous one, which follows the laser coherence time, and a sub-picosecond component, with a characteristic time of 560 fs, which is attributed to the birefringence decay due to molecular interactions.
