Single-mode Ge₂₈Sb₁₂Se₆₀ strip waveguides, fabricated with thermal evaporation and lift-off, were demonstrated at 1.03 µm. The linear and nonlinear optical properties of these waveguides were shown to be similar to bulk samples, with differences attributed to small variations in composition of ~4 atomic % or less. From z-scan measurements at 1.03 µm using circularly polarized, ~200 fs pulses at...

We calculate the nondegenerate bound electronic nonlinear refractive index n2 ( w1; w2) (i.e., an index change at frequency w1 due to the presence of a beam at frequency w2) in semiconductors. We calculate this nonlinearity and its disper~ sion using a Kramers-Kronig transformation on the calculated nondegenerate nonlinear absorption spectrum due to two-photon absorption, electronic Raman and o...

We report an experimental observation of the enhancement of nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in a lambda-type three-level system of rubidium atoms. We measured both the linear susceptibility Im chi(D)((1)) (absorption) and the third-order nonlinear coefficient chi(D)((3)) separately for the NDFWM process at a low atomic density. We f...

We examine the effects of multiphoton absorption, free carriers, and disorder-induced linear scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides. We derive an analytic formulation for self-phase modulation including the group velocity scaling of the nonlinear phase shift in materials limited by three-photon absorption as a representative nonlinear process. We investigate the role of free carri...

Two-photon absorption (2PA) and excited state absorption (ESA) properties of axial-bonding type hybrid porphyrin arrays are investigated in the picosecond regime under single-photon resonant excitation condition. A crossover from reverse saturable absorption (RSA) to saturable absorption (SA) and back to RSA is observed with the increase of excitation intensity. In the corresponding intensity r...

We report the observation and the theoretical explanation of the parametric down-conversion nonlinear susceptibility at the K-absorption edge of diamond and at the L23-absorption edge of a silicon crystal. Using arguments similar to those invoked to successfully predict resonant inelastic x-ray spectra, we derive an expression for the renormalization term of the nonlinear susceptibility at the ...

Qualitative properties of non-negative solutions to a quasilinear degenerate parabolic equation with an absorption term depending solely on the gradient are shown, providing information on the competition between the nonlinear diffusion and the nonlinear absorption. In particular, the limit as t → ∞ of the L1-norm of integrable solutions is identified, together with the rate of expansion of the...

Functionalized distyrylbenzene analogs and , bearing a tris-(2-pyridylmethyl)amine-based receptor for Zn(2+), were synthesized by a Horner-Emmons-Wittig coupling reaction. It has been found that Zn(2+) complexation induces changes in the linear absorption spectrum that enhance a nonlinear sequential two-photon absorption of nanosecond pulses at 532 nm. This absorption was also found to depend o...

We report our experimental results of nonlinear absorption and excited state dynamics in Rhodamine B solutions at 532 nm, on resonance of the absorption band and 600 nm at the absorption edge, studied using the standard Z-scan and degenerate four wave mixing techniques. We observed saturable absorption at 532 nm and a transition from saturable absorption to reverse saturable absorption at 600 n...