Nonlinear optical properties of thin film composite materials

Author

Boyd, R.W. ; Fischer, G.L. ; Gehr, R.J. ; Iruvanti, Varada ; Jenekhe, S.A. ; Osaheni, J.A. ; Sipe, J.E.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

25-29 Jul 1994

Firstpage

459

Lastpage

461

Abstract

Several groups have proposed the use of composite materials as a means of achieving large values of the third-order susceptibility χ⁽³). One proposal involves forming a composite of alternating layers of two different materials with layer thicknesses much smaller than an optical wavelength. The angular dependence of the nonlinear optical response of this material can offer a means to determine quantitatively the extent to which the χ((3)) susceptibility is enhanced. In the present paper, we report the results of our experimental study of this angular dependence. We find that the angular dependence is in good qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions

Keywords

composite materials; light propagation; nonlinear optical susceptibility; nonlinear optics; optical films; nonlinear optical response; thin film composite materials; third-order susceptibility; Composite materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Titanium; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1473-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1994.470748

Filename

470748