Strong nuclear contribution to the optical Kerr effect in niobium oxide containing glasses

Author

Royon, Arnaud ; Canioni, Lionel ; Bousquet, Bruno ; Rodriguez, Vincent ; Couzi, Michel ; Rivero, Clara ; Cardinal, Thierry ; Fargin, Evelyne ; Richardson, Martin ; Richardson, Kathleen

Author_Institution

Univ. of Bordeaux 1, Talence

fYear

2007

fDate

6-11 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Electronic and nuclear contributions to nonlinear optical properties of niobium oxide-based glasses have been measured using third harmonic generation and pump-probe techniques. Discrepancies with Hellwarth´s model have been evidenced for niobium oxide concentrations above 30 mol%, probably due to extra specific collective vibrational modes.

Keywords

borate glasses; niobium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical glass; optical pumping; phosphate glasses; sodium compounds; vibrational modes; Hellwarth model; NaPO₃-Na₂B₄O₇Nb₂O₅; collective vibrational modes; glasses; niobium oxide; nonlinear optical properties; optical Kerr effect; pump-probe techniques; strong nuclear contribution; third harmonic generation; Glass; Kerr effect; Niobium; Nonlinear optics; Nuclear electronics; Optical distortion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-834-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453427

Filename

4453427