Organotransition metal and rare-earth compounds with high-resonant-enhanced chi(3) coefficients

Stephen Nigel Oliver; Christopher S. Winter; James D. Rush; Allan E. Underhill; Callum A. S. Hill

doi:10.1117/12.22933

1 December 1990 Organotransition metal and rare-earth compounds with high-resonant-enhanced chi(3) coefficients

Stephen Nigel Oliver, Christopher S. Winter, James D. Rush, Allan E. Underhill, Callum A. S. Hill

Proceedings Volume 1337, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22933
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The third order nonlinear susceptibility, two photon absorption coefficient, 13, and linear absorption coefficient, a, for some rare-earth cyclopentadienyl compounds and dithiolene complexes have been measured. Resonantly enhanced x3 coefficients of up to 1011esu for dilute solutions have been determined. Trade off in the size of the nonlinear susceptibility, with loss, in materials with low two photon absorption leads us to believe that Stegeman1'2 figures of merit acceptable for some all-optical switching devices are achievable with such materials.

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Stephen Nigel Oliver, Christopher S. Winter, James D. Rush, Allan E. Underhill, and Callum A. S. Hill "Organotransition metal and rare-earth compounds with high-resonant-enhanced chi(3) coefficients", Proc. SPIE 1337, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials III, (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22933

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