Asymmetric encryption by optical Kerr nonlinearities exhibited by electrochromic NiO thin films

César Carrillo-Delgado, Mónica Araceli Vidales-Hurtado, Hilario Martines-Arano, David Torres-Torres, Gina Gallegos-García, Claudia Lizbeth Martínez-González, Carlos Torres-Torres

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Abstract

Herein is analyzed how an electric field can induce a band gap shift in NiO films to generate an enhancement in their third-order optical nonlinearities. An electrochromic effect seems to be responsible for changes in absorbance and modification in off-resonance nonlinear refractive index. The optical Kerr effect was determined as the dominant physical mechanism emerging from the third-order optical susceptibility processes present in a nanosecond two-wave mixing configuration at 532 nm wavelength. Absence of any important multi-photonic absorption was validated by the constant trace of high-irradiance optical transmittance in single-beam mode. The inspection of nonlinear optical signals allowed us to propose an exclusive disjunctive logic gate assisted by an electrochromic effect in an optical Kerr gate. Asymmetric encryption by our XOR system with the influence of a switchable probe beam transmittance and electrical signals in the sample was studied. Immediate applications for developing multifunctional quantum systems driven by dynamic parameters in electrochromic and nonlinear optical materials were highlighted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39849-39859
Number of pages11
JournalOptics Express
Volume30
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Oct 2022

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