LARGE 3RD-ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES OF NICKEL-DITHIOLENE-DOPED POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE

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WINTER, CS [1 ]
OLIVER, SN [1 ]
RUSH, JD [1 ]
HILL, CAS [1 ]
UNDERHILL, AE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COLL N WALES,DEPT CHEM,BANGOR LL57 2UW,GWYNEDD,WALES
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10.1063/1.350688
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The third-order optical nonlinearity chi((3)) of two novel guest-host polymers has been measured. The polymers consisted of nickel dithiolene guest molecules in a polymethylmethacrylate host and were prepared as cast or spun films. The optical nonlinearity was measured by degenerate four-wave-mixing experiments at a wavelength of 1.06-mu-m using 100-ps laser pulses. chi((3)) coefficients of up to 10(-17) m2/V2 were observed, corresponding to nonlinear refractive index n2 of up to 10(-8) cm2/kW with a damage threshold > 1 GW/cm2.
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