Nonlinear refraction and two-photon absorption in dense 2Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3}-B{sub 2}O{sub 3} glasses
- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012 (India)
High density transparent glasses (7.86 g/cc) were fabricated in the 2Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3}-B{sub 2}O{sub 3} (BBO) system. Optical band gap of the obtained glasses was found to be 2.6eV. The refractive index measured for these glasses was 2.25{+-}0.05 at {lambda}=543 nm. Nonlinear refraction and absorption studies were carried out on the BBO glasses using z-scan technique at {lambda}=532 nm of 10 ns pulse width. The nonlinear refractive index obtained was n{sub 2}=12.1x10{sup -14} cm{sup 2}/W and nonlinear absorption coefficient was {beta}=15.2 cm/GW. The n{sub 2} and {beta} values of the BBO glasses were large compared to the other reported high index bismuth based oxide glass systems in the literature. These were attributed to the high density, high linear refractive index, low band gap and two photon absorption associated with these glasses. The electronic origin of large nonlinearities was discussed based on bond-orbital theory.
- OSTI ID:
- 22004122
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1447, Issue 1; Conference: 56. DAE solid state physics symposium 2011, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu (India), 19-23 Dec 2011; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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