The nonlinear optical properties of P3HT under picosecond laser irradiation

Abstract

The nonlinear optical properties of P3HT in orthodichlorobenzene were investigated by Z-scan technique using second harmonic generation (532 nm) of mode-locked Nd:YAG laser in the picosecond domain. The experimental results show the magnitude of their nonlinear refraction indices was up to the order of 10⁻¹¹ esu. The reverse saturable absorption of P3HT solution was observed and their nonlinear absorption coefficients reach up to 3.4 cm/GW. The strong optical nonlinearity of P3HT may find its new application in the photoclectric field.

References

[1] ShutoY, WatanabeT, TomaruS, YokohamaI, HikitaM, AmanoM. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1997, 33: 349

[2] LeeJ, TymchenkoM, ArgyropoulosC, ChenP-Y, LuF, DemmerleF, BoehmG, AmannM-C, AlùA, BelkinM A. Nature, 2014, 511: 65

[3] KnoppeS, VanbelM, van CleuvenbergenS, VanpraetL, BürgiT, VerbiestT. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, 119: 6221

[4] Torres-TorresC, Perea-LópezN, ElíasA L, GutiérrezH R, CullenD A, BerkdemirA, López-UríasF, TerronesH, TerronesM. 2D Materials, 2016, 3: 021005

[5] YaoP, HeD, ZereshkiP, WangY, ZhaoH. Applied Physics Letters, 2019, 115: 263103

[6] NasaS, PurohitSP. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2020, 118: 113913

[7] WilsonD J, SchneideK, HönlS, AndersonM, BaumgartnerY, CzornomazL, KippenbergT J, SeidlerP. Nature Photonics, 2019, 14: 57

[8] ClarkJ, LanzaniG. Nature Photonics, 2010, 4: 438

[9] LiZ Q, HuX Y, ZhangJ X, YangH, GongQ H. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2010, 43: 385104

[10] ZhangG, WangH, YuY, XiongF, TangG, ChenW. Applied Physics B, 2003, 76: 677

[11] VerbiestT, ElshochtS V, KauranenM, HellemansL, SnauwaertJ, NuckollsC, KatzT J, PersoonsA. Science, 1998, 282: 913

[12] AloukosP, CourisS, KoutselasJB, AnyfantisGC, PapavassiliouGC. Chemical Physics Letters, 2006, 428: 109

[13] SreenathMC, Hubert JoeI, RastogiVK. Optics and Laser Technology, 2018, 108: 218

[14] AyareN N, GhanavatkarC W, SreenathM C, ChitrambalamS, JoebI H, SekarN. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2020, 390: 112327

[15] WuF, MaL, ZhangS, GengY, LüJ, ChengX. Chemical Physics Letters, 2012, 519–520: 141

[16] StathisA, PapadakisI, KarampitsosN, CourisS, PotsiG, BourlinosA B, OtyepkaM, ZborilR. Chem. Plus Chem., 2019, 84: 1288

[17] KanemotoK, SugisakiM, FujiwaraM, KarasawaT, HashimotoH. Physica Status Solidi c, 2009, 6: S46

[18] KawaharaH, UenoY, AbeN, KishinoS, EmaK, RikukawaM, TabuchiY, OgataN. Optical Review, 1997, 4: 188

[19] SzeremetaJ, KolkowskiR, NykM, SamocM. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013, 117: 26197

[20] WuF, ZhaoS, ZhangS, LvJ. Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 2018, 27: 1850001

[21] ChenD, NakaharaA, WeiD, NordlundD, RussellT P. Nano Letters, 2011, 11: 561

[22] GroddL S, MikayelyanE, DaneT, PietschU, GrigorianS. Nanoscale, 2020, 12: 2434

[23] Sheik-BahaeM, SaidAA, WeiT-H, HaganDJ, Van StrylandEW. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1990, 26: 760