SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT OF THE NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE-INDEX IN ZNSE USING SELF-BENDING OF A PULSED LASER-BEAM

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作者
DING, YJ
GUO, CL
SWARTZLANDER, GA
KHURGIN, JB
KAPLAN, AE
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[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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10.1364/OL.15.001431
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The nonlinear refractive-index (n2) spectrum of ZnSe near the band gap (lambda-gap approximately 450 nm) at 77 K was measured for the first time to our knowledge by using self-bending of a pulsed laser beam. The maximum nonlinearity, n2 approximately 1.9 x 10(-8)cm2/W, measured by us is anomalously large, which cannot be explained by conventional thermally induced band-gap shrinkage.
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