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Nonlinear Optical Responses of Spin-Coated Vanadium Oxide Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Masanori Ando ,
Kohei Kadono ,
Kenji Kamada ,
Koji Ohta ,
Jean-François Delouis ,
Keitaro Nakatani  and
Jacques Delaire
Masanori Ando
Affiliation:
Osaka National Research Institute, AIST, MITI, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, JAPAN
Kohei Kadono
Affiliation:
Osaka National Research Institute, AIST, MITI, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, JAPAN
Kenji Kamada
Affiliation:
Osaka National Research Institute, AIST, MITI, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, JAPAN
Koji Ohta
Affiliation:
Osaka National Research Institute, AIST, MITI, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, JAPAN
Jean-François Delouis
Affiliation:
PPSM, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 94235 Cachan, FRANCE
Keitaro Nakatani
Affiliation:
PPSM, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 94235 Cachan, FRANCE
Jacques Delaire
Affiliation:
PPSM, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 94235 Cachan, FRANCE
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Abstract

We report on the third-order nonlinear optical responses of V2O5 films prepared by pyrolysis of spin-coated films of vanadium 2-ethylhexanoate. Temporal behavior of third-order optical nonlinearity of the spin-coated V2O5 films was examined at a wavelength of 532 nm by the degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) technique using a mode locked Nd/YAG laser (35 ps fwhm). Fast relaxation with a lifetime of 25 ps and slow relaxation with a lifetime of 150 ps were observed. The nonlinear transmission experiment on the spin-coated V2O5 films using the same laser source showed that the transmittance decreased with increasing intensity of the incident light. The intensity-dependent absorption coefficients (β) were roughly estimated to be 3.5×10−5 cm/W. Transient absorption properties of the V2O5 film were measured by use of the second and third harmonics of a Q switched Nd/YAG laser (10 ns fwhm). The results observed for the nonlinear transmission and the transient absorption suggest that induced absorption would contribute to the third-order optical nonlinearity of the V2O5 films with fast response times, and also suggest that the V2O5 films have potentiality for use as optical power limiting materials.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 637: Symposium E – Microphotonics-Materials, Physics, and Applications , 2000 , E5.19
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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