TY - JOUR
T1 - Saturable and two-photon absorption in zinc nanoparticles photodeposited onto the core of an optical fiber
AU - Zaca-Morán, P.
AU - Ramos-Garcia, R.
AU - Ortega-Mendoza, J. G.
AU - Chávez, F.
AU - Pérez-Sánchez, G. F.
AU - Felipe, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©2015 Optical Society of America.
PY - 2015/7/13
Y1 - 2015/7/13
N2 - In this work, the simultaneous presence of saturable (SA) and two-photon absorption (TPA) in zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs) photodeposited onto the core of an optical fiber was studied in the nanosecond regime with the P-scan method using a high gain pulsed erbium-doped fiber amplifier. An analysis based on Mie theory was carried out to demonstrate the influence of the absorption coefficient with the particles sizes in the proximity of surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The shift from TPA to SA has been observed as the irradiance is increased. It was found that for irradiances lower than 5 MW/cm2, TPA is dominant, whereas for irradiances higher than 5 MW/cm2, the SA becomes dominant. Furthermore, the values of the nonlinear absorption coefficient and the imaginary part of third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility were calculated numerically from the transmittance measured. Such TPA makes ZnNPs a candidate for optical limiting applications, and SA makes them a candidate for applications in pulsed fiber laser systems.
AB - In this work, the simultaneous presence of saturable (SA) and two-photon absorption (TPA) in zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs) photodeposited onto the core of an optical fiber was studied in the nanosecond regime with the P-scan method using a high gain pulsed erbium-doped fiber amplifier. An analysis based on Mie theory was carried out to demonstrate the influence of the absorption coefficient with the particles sizes in the proximity of surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The shift from TPA to SA has been observed as the irradiance is increased. It was found that for irradiances lower than 5 MW/cm2, TPA is dominant, whereas for irradiances higher than 5 MW/cm2, the SA becomes dominant. Furthermore, the values of the nonlinear absorption coefficient and the imaginary part of third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility were calculated numerically from the transmittance measured. Such TPA makes ZnNPs a candidate for optical limiting applications, and SA makes them a candidate for applications in pulsed fiber laser systems.
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U2 - 10.1364/OE.23.018721
DO - 10.1364/OE.23.018721
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1094-4087
VL - 23
SP - 18721
EP - 18729
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
IS - 14
ER -