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Wavelength Dependence of the Non-Linear Transmission of Hitci Using the Z-Scan Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Stewart Swatton ,
Kevin Welford ,
Cameron Ray  and
Steven Till
Stewart Swatton
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency (Malvern), St Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3PS, UK.
Kevin Welford
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency (Malvern), St Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3PS, UK.
Cameron Ray
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, School of Physics and Astronomy, J. F. Allen Research Laboratory, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY 16 9SS, UK.
Steven Till
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency (Malvern), St Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3PS, UK.
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Abstract

The excited state properties of dyes become important under intense illumination of a short laser pulse. The pulse induces a significant population in an excited state which will have different absorptive properties, this causes a change in absorption of the incident pulse within its duration. An increase in absorption arises from molecules in an excited state having an absorption greater than the corresponding ground state.

The z-scan technique has been used to measure the induced absorption of a carbocyanine dye 1,1′,3,3,3′,3′- Hexamethylindtricarbocyanine Iodide (HITCI) for laser pulses of different wavelengths. An optical parametric oscillator pumped by the third harmonic of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used. Z-scans were taken at a number of different wavelengths between 460 and 630 nm. Data is presented which shows the spectral region where induced absorption occurs. An eight level rate equation model is used to predict the non-linear behaviour and to fit to the experimental data, good correlation is found between the model and data.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 374: Symposia ZB – Materials for Optical Limiting , 1994 , 173
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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