Sub-picosecond resonant third-order nonlinear optical response of azobenzene-doped polymer film

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Dong, F [1 ]
Koudoumas, E [1 ]
Couris, S [1 ]
Shen, YQ [1 ]
Qiu, L [1 ]
Fu, XF [1 ]
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[1] ACAD SINICA,INST PHOTOG CHEM,BEIJING 100101,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1063/1.365270
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The dynamics and the sub-picosecond resonant third-order nonlinearity of azobenzene-doped polymer films are investigated by means of transient degenerate four-wave mixing and z-scan techniques. The third-order susceptibility chi((3)) and the dephasing time T-2 are measured to be (6.3 +/- 0.6) x 10(-12) esu and (1.0 +/- 0.1) x 10(-12) psec, respectively. The creation of a new intermediate state related to a conformational deformation mechanism is supported by experimental observations. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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