Nonlinear optical properties of an azobenzene polymer

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/2/024212

Abstract The nonlinear optical properties of an azobenzene polymer azo12–MO were investigated by a Z-scan technique. The polymer was synthesized by assembling the liquid-crystalline polymer azo12 with methyl orange. The nonlinear refractive index (1.39×10^-15 cm²/W) and the nonlinear absorption coefficient (0.11 cm/GW) of azo12–MO were determined with 532-nm picosecond laser pulses at the irradiance of 92.40 GW/cm². When compared to the nonlinear properties of azo12 and methyl orange, azo12–MO possesses the advantages of its two constituents and shows larger nonlinear optical properties.

Keywords: nonlinear optics reverse saturable absorption azobenzene polymer

Received: 27 January 2013
Revised: 04 July 2013
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PACS:	42.65.-k	(Nonlinear optics)
	78.20.Ci	(Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity))
	42.70.Gi	(Light-sensitive materials)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11174203).

Corresponding Authors: Wang Chang-Shun
E-mail: cswang@sjtu.edu.cn

About author: 42.65.-k; 78.20.Ci; 42.70.Gi

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Zeng Yi (曾艺), Pan Zhi-Hua (潘志华), Zhao Fu-Li (赵付丽), Qin Mu (秦苜), Zhou Yan (周延), Wang Chang-Shun (王长顺) Nonlinear optical properties of an azobenzene polymer 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 024212

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