Title :
Third order nonlinear optical response of conjugated photoactive ligands
Author :
Kerasidou, Ariadni P. ; Iliopoulos, Konstantinos ; Ayadi, Awatef ; El-Ghayoury, Abdelkrim ; Sahraoui, Bouchta
Author_Institution :
Lab. MOLTECH-Anjou, LUNAM Univ., Angers, France
Abstract :
Generally, organic and organometallic materials containing π-conjugated chains are considered as promising candidates for nonlinear optical applications. In this work, we report on the third order nonlinear optical response of π-conjugated azo-conjugated azo-iminopyridine photoactive ligands containing electron donating or electron accepting fragments in their structure. The nonlinear optical investigation is performed by means of the Z-scan technique well as the Maker Fringes Third Harmonic Generation technique employing a 30 ps mode-locked Nd-YVO4 laser with a repetition rate of 10 Hz.
Keywords :
electrons; harmonic analysis; neodymium; nonlinear optical susceptibility; vanadium compounds; yttrium compounds; π-conjugated azo-iminopyridine photoactive ligand; Maker Fringes third harmonic generation technique; Nd-YVO4; Z-scan technique; electron accepting fragment; electron donating fragment; organic material; organometallic material; third order nonlinear optical response; Absorption; Compounds; Electron optics; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; THG; Z-scan; nonlinear absorption/refraction; photoactive ligands;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193434