TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechano-optical modulation and optical limiting by multiwall carbon nanotubes
AU - Feria-Reyes, E.
AU - Torres-Torres, C.
AU - Martínez-Gutiérrez, H.
AU - Morales-Bonilla, S.
AU - Torres-Martínez, R.
AU - Trejo-Valdez, M.
AU - Urriolagoitia-Calderón, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors kindly acknowledge the financial support from Instituto Politécnico Nacional, and from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. The authors are also thankful to the Central Microscopy facilities of the Centro de Nanociencias y Micro-Nanotecnologías del IPN.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - An optical limiting effect in multiwall carbon nanotubes was modulated by using a two-wave mixing experiment assisted with a mechanical actuator. We employed a 532 nm wavelength and 1 ns pulse duration for exciting the nonlinear optical absorption. The nanotubes were prepared by an aerosol pyrolysis method. The resulting samples were deposited on a pure silica substrate as an inhomogeneous thin film. The mechano-optical modulation was obtained by the orthogonal rotation of the sample with respect to the probe beam. In addition, low-irradiance patterns provided by a Michelson optical interferometer allowed us to comparatively corroborate the mechano-optical effect induced by the rotation of the film.
AB - An optical limiting effect in multiwall carbon nanotubes was modulated by using a two-wave mixing experiment assisted with a mechanical actuator. We employed a 532 nm wavelength and 1 ns pulse duration for exciting the nonlinear optical absorption. The nanotubes were prepared by an aerosol pyrolysis method. The resulting samples were deposited on a pure silica substrate as an inhomogeneous thin film. The mechano-optical modulation was obtained by the orthogonal rotation of the sample with respect to the probe beam. In addition, low-irradiance patterns provided by a Michelson optical interferometer allowed us to comparatively corroborate the mechano-optical effect induced by the rotation of the film.
KW - Carbon nanotubes
KW - Interferometry
KW - Nonlinear optics
KW - Two-photon absorption
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U2 - 10.1080/09500340.2013.837978
DO - 10.1080/09500340.2013.837978
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0950-0340
VL - 60
SP - 1321
EP - 1326
JO - Journal of Modern Optics
JF - Journal of Modern Optics
IS - 16
ER -