Dependence of Nonlinear Optical Response of Anatase TiO2 on Shape and Excitation Intensity

Nonlinear optical （NLO） properties of anatase TiO2 with nanostructures of nanopaxticle （NP）, nanowire （NW） and annealed nanowire （NWA） are studied by open-aperture and closed-aperture Z-scan techniques with a fem- tosecond pulsed laser at wavelengths of 532 nm and 780 nm simultaneously. At 532 nm, when increasing excitation intensity, NLO absorption of TiO2 NPs transforms from saturable absorption to reverse-saturable absorption. However, NWs and NWAs exhibit the opposite change. At 780nm, all samples show reverse-saturable absorption, but have different sensitivities to excitation intensity. Due to the larger surface-to-volume ratio of NPs and less defects of NWAs by annealing, nonlinear optical absorption coet^icients follow the order NPs≥ NWs≥ NWAs. The results also show that these shape and annealing effects axe dominant at low excitation intensity, but do not exhibit at the high excitation intensity. The NLO refractive index of NPs shows a positive linear relationship with the excitation intensity, whereas NW and NWAs exhibit a negative linear relationship. The results could provide some foundational guidance to applications of anatase TiO2 in optoelectronic devices or other aspects.

Crystal Structure,Electrochemical Properties and Third-order Nonlinear Optical Response of 4-Methyloxy benzaldehyde Thiosemicarbazone and Its Copper(Ⅱ)Complex

The crystal structUre of the title ligand and its copper (Ⅱ) complex was determined bysingle crystal X-ray diffraction. The electrochendcal properties and the third-order nonlinearoptical response of the ligand and its copper (Ⅱ) complex were also studied.

Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response near the Plasmon Resonance Band of Cu2-xSe Nanocrystals

The third-order nonlinear optical properties of water-soluble Cu Se nanocrystals are studied in the near infrared range of 700-980 nm using a femtosecond pulsed laser by the Z-scan technique. It is observed that the nonlinear optical response of Cu Se nanocrystals is sensitively dependent on the excitation wavelength and exhibits the enhanced nonlinearity compared with other selenides such as ZnSe and CdSe. The W-shaped Z-scan trace, a mixture of the reversed saturated absorption and saturated absorption, is observed near the plasmon resonance band of Cu Se nanocrystals, which is attributed to the state-filling of free carriers generated by copper vacancies (self-doping effect) of Cu Se nanocrystals as well as the hot carrier thermal effect upon intense femtosecond laser excitation. The large nonlinear optical response and tunable plasmonic band make Cu Se nanocrystals promising materials for applications in ultra-fast all-optical switching devices as well as nonlinear nanosensors.

Broadband ultrafast nonlinear optical response of few-layers graphene: toward the mid-infrared regime

Gapless linear energy dispersion of graphene endows it with unique nonlinear optical properties, including broadband nonlinear absorption and giant nonlinear refractive index. Herein, we experimentally observed that fewlayers graphene has obvious nonlinear absorption and large nonlinear refraction, as investigated by the Z-scan technique in the mid-infrared（mid-IR） regime. Our study may not only, for the first time to our knowledge, verify the giant nonlinear refractive index of graphene(～10-7cm2∕W) at the mid-IR, which is 7 orders of magnitude larger than other conventional bulk materials, but also provide some new insights for graphene-based mid-IR photonics,potentially leading to the emergence of several new conceptual mid-IR optoelectronics devices.

Tunable nonlinear optical responses based on host-guest MOF hybrid materials

The realization of tunable nonlinear optical(NLO)responses in a single nano-/micro-structure is extremely important.However,in lack of effective ways to integrate multiple performances,it still faces severe limitations during applications.Herein,we demonstrate a wavelength-dependent NLO micro-structure based on host-guest metal-organic framework(MOF)materials through encapsulating linear dye molecules into periodic one-dimensional(1D)channels.The confinement to non-centrosymmetric polar dye molecules enhances the second-/third-order NLO responses of the hybrid crystals,causing obvious two-photon luminescence(TPL),second harmonic generation(SHG)and third harmonic generation(THG)responses in the as-prepared composites.The highly ordered structures of MOFs impart spatial regulation on the linear dye molecules to realize orientation alignment,resulting in the polarized anisotropy emission.NIR-to-NIR(NIR,near-infrared region)two-photon pumped lasing is realized with the natural whispering gallery mode resonance cavities of MOFs under the excitation of a 1200-nm fs laser.Furthermore,tunable NLO properties such as TPL,SHG and THG are achieved through switching the incident excitation wavelength from 800 to 1500 nm.Such hybrid materials with tunable NLO responses may open a new avenue toward designing multifunctional NLO devices in the future.

Symmetry transformation of nonlinear optical current of tilted Weyl nodes and application to ferromagnetic MnBi_(2)Te_(4)

A Weyl node is characterized by its chirality and tilt.We develop a theory of how nth-order nonlinear optical conductivity behaves under transformations of anisotropic tensor and tilt, which clarifies how chirality-dependent and-independent parts of optical conductivity transform under the reversal of tilt and chirality.Built on this theory, we propose ferromagnetic Mn Bi2Te4as a magnetoelectrically regulated, terahertz optical device, by magnetoelectrically switching the chiralitydependent and-independent DC photocurrents.These results are useful for creating nonlinear optical devices based on the topological Weyl semimetals.

Maximizing the linear and nonlinear optical responses of alkaline tricyanomelaminate

High-performance bi-functional materials are in urgent demand for the next-generation integrated optical devices.In this work,we successfully synthesized the first tricyanomelaminate with bi-functional optical responses,namely Cs_(3)C_(6)N_(9)•H_(2)O(I),from its analogue Na_(3)C_(6)N_(9)•3H_(2)O by a facile ion exchange method.In contrast to Na_(3)C_(6)N_(9)•3H_(2)O,I realizes an optimal arrangement of𝜋π-conjugated(C_(6)N_(9))3−anion groups in its crystal structure.As a result,the second-order nonlinear optical(NLO)response is greatly enhanced from nearly zero of Na_(3)C_(6)N_(9)•3H_(2)O to∼9.8×KH_(2)PO_(4)of I.Furthermore,I exhibits a giant linear optical anisotropic response(i.e.birefringence)of 0.52 at the wavelength of 550 nm.Both responses are almost the largest among the inorganic compounds ofπ-conjugated rings,which indicates that I has great potential as a bi-functional optical crystal.Structural and theoretical analyses reveal the microscopic origin of excellent optical properties.This work would attract a lot of interest to the persistently neglected potential of tricyanomelaminates as linear optical and NLO crystals.

Electron-related nonlinear optical properties of cylindrical quantum dot with the Rosen-Morse axial potential

We present a theoretical study on the effects of intense laser field(ILF)and static electric field on the linear and nonlinear optical properties of a cylindrical quantum dot with Rosen-Morse axial potential under the framework of effective mass and parabolic band approximations.This study also takes into account the effects of the structure parameters(η,V1,and R).The analytical expressions of the linear,third-order nonlinear and total optical absorption coefficients(TOACs)and the relative refractive index changes(RRICs)are obtained by using the compact-densitymatrix approach.The results of numerical calculations show that the resonant peak position of the TOACs and RRICs shifts towards lower energies and the magnitude of the peak increases with the effect of the static electric field and ILF.In addition,it is observed that while the resonant energies of the TOACs and RRICs of system shift towards the higher(lower)energies with the enhancement ofη,V1,they decrease with the augmentation of R.Thus,the findings of this study show that the optical properties of the structure can be adjusted by changing the magnitude of structure parameters and applied external fields.