Nonlinear Change in Refractive Index and Transmission Coefficient of ZnSe:Fe2+ at Long-Pulse 2.94-μm Excitation
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Author(s)
Alexander V. Kir’yanov1,2*, Nikolai N. Il’ichev3, Elmira S. Gulyamova3, Alexander S. Nasibov4, Peter V. Shapkin4
Affiliation(s)
1Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Loma del Bosque 115, Lomas del Campestre, Leon, Mexico.
2M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Physics Department, Vorobyevy Gory, 1, Moscow, Russia.
3A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute (Russ. Acad. Sci.), Ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, Russia.
4P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russ. Acad. Sci.), Ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, Russia.
2M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Physics Department, Vorobyevy Gory, 1, Moscow, Russia.
3A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute (Russ. Acad. Sci.), Ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, Russia.
4P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russ. Acad. Sci.), Ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, Russia.
ABSTRACT
An experimental study of the nonlinear changes in refractive index and transmission coefficient of single-crystal ZnSe:Fe2+,
fabricated through the Fe-diffusion method, at long-pulse (~300 ns),
sub-mJ, 2.94-mm Z-scan probing is reported. As well, a theoretical model
based on the generalized Avizonis-Grotbeck equations is developed and
applied for straightforward fitting of the open- and closed-aperture
Z-scans, obtained for ZnSe:Fe2+ with different Fe2+
centers concentrations. The modeling results reveal that the
contributions in the absorption and refractive index nonlinearities of
ZnSe:Fe2+ are “common” resonant-absorption saturation (the
minor part) and pulse-induced heating of the samples (the major part),
which are strongly dependent on Fe2+ concentrations. Large values of the index change (>~10-3)
and partial resonant-absorption bleaching (limited by ~50%), both
produced via the thermal effect mainly, are the features of the ZnSe:Fe2+ samples inherent to this type of excitation.
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Nonlinear Change in Refractive Index and Transmission Coefficient of
ZnSe:Fe2+ at Long-Pulse 2.94-μm Excitation. Optics and Photonics Journal, 5, 15-27. doi: 10.4236/opj.2015.51003.
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