Nonlinear optical properties of carbon nanoparticles in sol-gel composites studied by optical and photoacoustic Zscan techniques

I M Kislyakov¹, I M Belousova¹, S K Evstrop’ev¹, T D Murav’eva¹, and C S Yelleswarapu^2
1S I Vavilov State Optical Institute, Kadetskaya line 5/2, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
²Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, USA

The paper is dedicated to Prof D V G L N Rao

The paper presents optical and photoacoustic Z-scan studies of polymer composites containing fullerene and onion-like Astralen nanoparticles in comparison with their liquid suspensions. Effective nonlinear absorption coefficients obtained from the study manifest a change in nonlinear mechanisms resulting from the liquid-to-solid matrix transition, which give grounds to assert promising prospects of these materials as limiters of laser irradiation. © Anita Publications. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Optical limiting, Z-scan, Photoacoustic Z-scan, Fullerene, Astralen, Polymer matrix, Nanocomposite.

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