Optical nonlinearity of Bi2O3 nanoparticles studied by Z-scan technique
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 82 (9) , 4532-4537
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.366189
Abstract
The third-order optical nonlinear susceptibilities of Bi 2 O 3 nanoparticlescoated by a layer of stearic acid in toluene sol and bare in hydrosol were measured by the Z -scan technique. The nonlinear susceptibility of the coated Bi 2 O 3 nanoparticles was found to be two orders of magnitude greater than that of the bulk Bi 2 O 3 . For the coated Bi 2 O 3 nanoparticles, the figures of merit related to linear loss and two-photon absorption were determined.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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