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Sensitive measurement of optical nonlinearities using a single beam
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A sensitive single-beam technique for measuring both the nonlinear refractive index and nonlinear absorption coefficient for a wide variety of materials is reported. The authors describe the experimental details and present a comprehensive theoretical analysis including cases where nonlinear refraction is accompanied by nonlinear absorption. In these experiments, the transmittance of a sample is measured through a finite aperture in the far field as the sample is moved along the propagation path (z) of a focused Gaussian beam. The sign and magnitude of the nonlinear refraction are easily deduced from such a transmittance curve (Z-scan). Employing this technique, a sensitivity of better than lambda /300 wavefront distortion is achieved in n/sub 2/ measurements of BaF/sub 2/ using picosecond frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser pulses.>
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- Sheik-Bahae, M., Said, A. A., Wei, T.-H., Hagan, D. J., & Van Stryland, E. W.
- Venue
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Published
- 1990-04
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 760-769
- ISSN
- 0018-9197 (ISSN-L)
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- W2097578667
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- 45.95
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- en
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