Near-infrared dye having a large ultrafast third-order susceptibility
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- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 11 (7) , 434-436
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.11.000434
Abstract
Efficient degenerate four-wave mixing of 160-psec infrared light pulses at λ = 1.064 μm in solutions of a new dye that absorbs between 1.0 and 1.6 μm is reported. A Kerr-like third-order susceptibility of with a decay time of less than 50 psec is observed in various solvents.
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