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Z-Scan Measurements on Molten Diphenylbutadiene in the Isotropic Liquid State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. A. Fleitz ,
R. L. Sutherland  and
T. J. Bunning
P. A. Fleitz
Affiliation:
Systran Corporation, 4126 Linden Avenue, Dayton, OH 45432
R. L. Sutherland
Affiliation:
Science Applications International Corp., 101 Woodman Drive, Dayton, OH, 45431
T. J. Bunning
Affiliation:
Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433
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Abstract

The two-photon absorption cross-section for diphenylbutadiene heated to the isotropic liquid state has been measured using the Z-scan technique. In this experiment, the solid diphenylbutadiene was heated using a temperature controlled hot stage above its melting point. Z-scan measurements using 35ps laser pulses at 532nm were then carried out on molten diphenylbutadiene. The value of the two-photon absorption cross-section at 532nm was measured to be σ2 = (38±8) × 10−50cm4s/photon-molecule. This value corresponds well with the cross-section measured previously for diphenylbutadiene dissolved in chloroform using the degenerate four-wave mixing technique.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 374: Symposia ZB – Materials for Optical Limiting , 1994 , 211
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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