Optical Kerr Shutter Response of Organic Microcrystals

Hitoshi Kasai, Hirohisa Kanbara, Rieko Iida, Shuji Okada, Hiro Matsuda, Hidetoshi Oikawa, Hachiro Nakanishi

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Abstract

Optical Kerr shutter responses of both polydiacetylene and J-aggregated merocyanine microcrystals dispersed in water were measured for the first time, using the gate beam at 1064 nm and the probe beam at 813 nm. The χ(3)values based upon optical Kerr effect for these microcrystals were on the order of 10-13esu, and these physical quantities normalized by concentration (l M) were approximately 10-9esu/M, of which order is very large even in the nonresonant wavelength region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L1208-L1210
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume34
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1995 Sept

Keywords

  • J-aggregates
  • Nonlinear optical property
  • Optical Kerr effect
  • Organic microcrystal
  • Polydiacetylene

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