3RD-ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY AND ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN POROUS SILICON

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HENARI, FZ [1 ]
MORGENSTERN, K [1 ]
BLAU, WJ [1 ]
KARAVANSKII, VA [1 ]
DNEPROVSKII, VS [1 ]
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[1] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV,DEPT SEMICOND PHYS,MOSCOW 119899,RUSSIA
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10.1063/1.115432
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The third-order optical nonlinearity ((3)(chi)) of porous silicon has been measured using the Z-scan technique. Intensity dependent absorption was observed and attributed to a resonant two photon absorption process. The real and imaginary parts of ((3)(chi)) have been measured at 665 nm and found to be 7.5x10(-9) esu and -1.9x10(-9) esu, respectively. This constitutes a significant esu enhancement over crystalline silicon, All optical switching based on nonlinear absorption is demonstrated. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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