Study of third-order NLO properties of organic dye for optoelectronics applications
S. JEYARAM1,*
Affiliation
- Department of Physics, School of Engineering and Technology, Surya Group of Institutions, Villupuram – 605652, Tamilnadu, India
Abstract
Third-order nonlinear optical properties of aqueous solutions of methylene blue dye with different concentrations were
studied by Z─scan technique. The magnitude of nonlinear refractive index (n2), nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) and thirdorder nonlinear optical susceptibility (χ
(3)) were found to be the order of 10–7
cm2
/W, 10–2
cm/W and 10–5
esu, respectively.
The dye sample possesses a large negative nonlinear index of refraction due to self-defocusing phenomena and saturable
absorption behavior with significant nonlinear absorption coefficient. The experimental results revealed that the dye sample
studied here may be a potential material for future photonics and optoelectronics applications.
Keywords
NLO, Organic dye, Z–scan method.
Citation
S. JEYARAM, Study of third-order NLO properties of organic dye for optoelectronics applications, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 15, 1-2, January-February 2021, pp.62-66 (2021).
Submitted at: Sept. 5, 2018
Accepted at: Feb. 12, 2021