Comments

Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

"This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in the linked citation and may be found originally at Applied Physics Letters."

Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Phys. Lett.

Keywords

Optical Nonlinearities; Wave-Guides; Transmission; Absorption; Physics; Applied

Abstract

Z-scan at 1064 nm was used with single, 35 ps pulses to measure the nonlinear refraction and absorption in single crystal PTS (p-toluene sulfonate). Detailed analysis of the Z-scan data based on DELTAn = n2I + n3I2 and DELTAalpha = alpha2I + alpha3I2 yielded n2 = 5(+/-1) X 10(-12) cm2/W, alpha2 = 100(+/-20) cm/GW, n3 = 5(+/-1)X 10(-21) cm4/W2 and alpha3 = - 5 (+/- 1) cm3/GW.2 The resulting two photon figure of merit T for PTS is marginal for high throughput, all-optical waveguide switching at 1064 nm.

Journal Title

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

64

Issue/Number

21

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2773

Last Page

2775

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1994NN01100005

ISSN

0003-6951

Share

COinS