scholarly journals Highly efficient THz four-wave mixing in doped silicon

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Dessmann ◽  
Nguyen H. Le ◽  
Viktoria Eless ◽  
Steven Chick ◽  
Kamyar Saeedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Four Wave Mixing ◽  
Wave Mixing ◽  
Optical Nonlinearities ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Picosecond Pulses ◽  
Light Pulses ◽  
A Value ◽  
Doped Silicon ◽  
Perturbative Regime ◽  
Silicon Doped

AbstractThird-order non-linearities are important because they allow control over light pulses in ubiquitous high-quality centro-symmetric materials like silicon and silica. Degenerate four-wave mixing provides a direct measure of the third-order non-linear sheet susceptibility χ(3)L (where L represents the material thickness) as well as technological possibilities such as optically gated detection and emission of photons. Using picosecond pulses from a free electron laser, we show that silicon doped with P or Bi has a value of χ(3)L in the THz domain that is higher than that reported for any other material in any wavelength band. The immediate implication of our results is the efficient generation of intense coherent THz light via upconversion (also a χ(3) process), and they open the door to exploitation of non-degenerate mixing and optical nonlinearities beyond the perturbative regime.

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities of New p-N,N'-Diamethylaniline Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives

2000 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Sahraoui ◽  
K.J. Pluciński ◽  
M. Makowaska-Janusik ◽  
I. V. Kityk ◽  
M. Salle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chemical Calculations ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Physical Nature ◽  
Four Wave Mixing ◽  
Wave Mixing ◽  
Electronic Contribution ◽  
Optical Nonlinearities ◽  
Third Order

ABSTRACTA study was made of third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of new tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives, using the degenerate four wave mixing (DFWM) method, as well as complex quantum chemical calculations. To understand the physical nature of the optical nonlinearities, we separated their electronic and nuclear contributions. We found that the electronic contribution to these nonlinearities predominated. Our investigations suggest that TTF may be a highly promising material for nonlinear optics (NLO).

Resonant Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities of the Stretch-Oriented Cyanine-Dye-Doped Poly(vinyl Alcohol) Films

2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 1237-1240
Author(s):  
Zhao Hui Jin ◽  
Hua Jing Gao ◽  
Yong Wu Han
Keyword(s):  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Four Wave Mixing ◽  
Cyanine Dye ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Wave Mixing ◽  
Optical Nonlinearities ◽  
Third Order ◽  
The Third ◽  
Oriented Films

Stretch-oriented cyanine-dye-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films were prepared at temperatures above the glass transition temperature of PVA. The optical absorption spectra of the stretch-oriented films exhibited an anisotropy. The third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of the stretch-oriented films were measured parallel and perpendicular to the stretching direction by the resonant femtosecond degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) technique, and a high anisotropic X(3) was observed for the uniaxially stretch-oriented cyanine-dye-doped PVA films.

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