Observation of three-photon enhanced four-photon absorption

    Authors

    F. Yoshino; S. Polyakov; M. G. Liu;G. Stegeman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Rev. Lett.

    Keywords

    OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; CONJUGATED POLYMER; POLYDIACETYLENE; SULFONATE; CRYSTALS; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We report the measurement of instantaneous resonant four-photon absorption in the polydiacetylene-PTS [polymer poly(bis para-toluene sulfonate) of 2,4-hexadyine-1,6 diol]. Although normally too weak to be observable, an exact degeneracy between three- and four-photon absorption into the dominant exciton and two-photon states, respectively, resonantly enhances this effect so that it can be measured (four-photon coefficient alpha(4)=0.01 cm(5)/GW(3)) at its peak wavelength of 1900 nm. Femtosecond measurements from 1200 to 2200 nm of two- and three-photon absorption, and the nonlinear refractive index coefficient are also reported.

    Journal Title

    Physical Review Letters

    Volume

    91

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000184678200017

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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