• DocumentCode
    444283
  • Title

    Two-photon absorption and the dispersion of nonlinear refraction using a white-light continuum Z-scan

  • Author

    Balu, M. ; Hales, J. ; Hagan, D.J. ; Van Stryland, E.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Res. & Educ. in Opt. & Lasers, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    785
  • Abstract
    We use white-light continuum Z-scan to measure the degenerate two-photon absorption spectrum and associated dispersion of the nonlinear refraction, n2, of ZnSe·n2 changes sign at around 0.7 of the bandgap energy as predicted.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; light refraction; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical materials; two-photon spectra; zinc compounds; ZnSe; bandgap energy; nonlinear refraction dispersion; two-photon absorption; two-photon absorption spectrum measurement; white-light continuum Z-scan; Absorption; Apertures; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; Sea measurements; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548937
  • Filename
    1548937