Ultrafast dephasing measurements in dye/polymer films with subfemtosecond resolution

Author

Grossman, C.H. ; Schwendiman, J.

Author_Institution

Swarthmore Coll., PA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

8-8 May 1998

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

54

Abstract

Summary form only given.Ultrafast optical dephasing measurements were performed on thin films of the oxazine dye Nile Blue in poly-[vinylalcohol] (PVOH). The experimental technique used two-beam, time-delayed degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) with incoherent light. Small time delay oscillations in the DFWM signal were observed under the conditions that the sample was at relatively high temperatures (between 200 K and room temperature) and the measurements were made on the blue side of the Nile Blue inhomogeneous distribution.

Keywords

dyes; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; multiwave mixing; optical films; optical polymers; DFWM signal; Nile Blue inhomogeneous distribution; dye/polymer films; incoherent light; oxazine dye Nile Blue; poly-[vinylalcohol]; relatively high temperatures; room temperature; small time delay oscillations; subfemtosecond resolution; two-beam time-delayed degenerate four-wave mixing; ultrafast dephasing measurements; ultrafast optical dephasing measurements; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical polymers; Performance evaluation; Polymer films; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-541-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.1998.680116

Filename

680116