Two-photon absorption measured in the presence of strong one-photon saturation in cumulene-containing polymer

Ron K. Meyer; Maxim N. Shkunov; Robert E. Benner; Werner Gellermann; Z. Valy Vardeny; Jesse Lin; Thomas J. Barton

doi:10.1117/12.279297

1 December 1997 Two-photon absorption measured in the presence of strong one-photon saturation in cumulene-containing polymer

Ron K. Meyer, Maxim N. Shkunov, Robert E. Benner, Werner Gellermann, Z. Valy Vardeny, Jesse Lin, Thomas J. Barton

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Proceedings Volume 3145, Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279297
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Z-scan technique is used to extract the real and imaginary third order nonlinear susceptibilities, Re_(chi )⁽³) and Im_(chi )⁽³), respectively. A series of Z scans were conducted at 590 nm (near one-photon resonance) on a cumulene-containing polymer, poly(p- phenylene-1,4-diphenyl-1,2,3-butatriene) or PPC3, prepared in solution. At very high peak focal point intensities two- photon absorption is seen superimposed on a one-photon saturation signature in open aperture Z scans. A negative real third-order nonlinear susceptibility is also observed in closed aperture Z scans. We describe a procedure to extract the desired third-order nonlinear susceptibilities by conducting Z scans at various peak focal point intensities and then fitting the results by adjusting Re_(chi )⁽³) and saturation intensity. Molecular second hyperpolarizability, is calculated to be (-1.4 + 2.2i) X 10^-29 esu which is almost 40 times larger than that measured in a monomer equivalent, and scaling nonlinearly with chain length. Z scans were also conducted at 780 nm, (below one-photon resonance) on PPC3 and also gives a molecular second hyperpolarizability that is greater than that seen in the monomer. The higher value of molecular second hyperpolarizability measured near one-photon resonance is attributed to the existence of a real state at the first transition in a two-photon process.

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Ron K. Meyer, Maxim N. Shkunov, Robert E. Benner, Werner Gellermann, Z. Valy Vardeny, Jesse Lin, and Thomas J. Barton "Two-photon absorption measured in the presence of strong one-photon saturation in cumulene-containing polymer", Proc. SPIE 3145, Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers, (1 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279297

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