中国物理B ›› 2008, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (4): 1461-1466.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/4/052
林列1, 李向平1, 于雅鑫1, 张桂兰1, 陈文驹1, 吴峰2
Wu Feng(吴峰)a)b), Lin Lie(林列)a), Li Xiang-Ping(李向平)a),Yu Ya-Xin(于雅鑫)a), Zhang Gui-Lan(张桂兰)a)†, and Chen Wen-Ju(陈文驹)a)
摘要: 3-hydroxyflavone (3-HF) is an organic molecule with an excited-stated intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) effect. All-optical switchings and beam deflections of 3-HF in three kinds of solvents (cyclohexane, ethanol and dimethyl sulfoxide) have been investigated by using the third-harmonic generation (355\,nm) of a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser as a pump beam and a continuous-wave (cw) He-Ne laser (632.8\,nm) as a probe beam. The nonlinear refractive indices of 3-HF in the three different solvents are determined by using the Z-scan technique under an ultraviolet (UV) pump beam at a wavelength of 355\,nm. It has been found that the optical switching and beam deflection effects result from the change in refractive index of 3-HF under the irradiation of the pump beam. On the basis of the analyses of absorption spectra and fluorescence spectra, we conclude that the change in refractive index of 3-HF is due to not the thermal effect but the ESIPT effect of 3-HF under the pump beam. As the ESIPT is exceedingly fast, 3-HF might be an excellent candidate for high-speed optical switching.
中图分类号: (Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers)