OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES OF TEA STUDIED BY Z-SCAN AND 4-WAVE-MIXING TECHNIQUES

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CHEUNG, YM
GAYEN, SK
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[1] Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, Castle Point
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10.1364/JOSAB.11.000636
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Optical nonlinearities of black-tea extract dissolved in water are studied using the Z-scan and the four-wave mixing techniques with 7-ns, 532-nm pulses from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The magnitude of the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of tea in water is comparable with that of carbon disulfide. The nonlinearity is identified to be of thermal origin.
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