Title :
Nonlinear optical susceptibility measurements in colloidal solutions
Author :
Shcheslavskiy, Vladislav ; Petrov, Georgi ; Yakovlev, Vladislav
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA
Abstract :
Nonlinear optical measurements play an important role in characterization of colloidal solution. It is necessary to design a method for fast, simple and in the same time accurate nonlinear optical characterization of solutions. This paper describes a simple method to measure third-order nonlinear susceptibilities of highly scattered liquids. This method is currently applied for studying the aggregation and polarization of nanoparticles and microspheres in solution.
Keywords :
colloids; nanoparticles; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; aggregation; colloidal solutions; microspheres; nanoparticles; nonlinear optical characterization; nonlinear optical susceptibility measurement; polarization; scattered liquids; third-order nonlinear susceptibility; Laser beams; Liquids; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Phase measurement; Rayleigh scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
