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Fabrication of ultrathin films with large third-order nonlinear optical properties

  • Li Jiang
  • , Fushen Lu
  • , Qing Chang
  • , Yang Liu
  • , Huibiao Liu
  • , Yuliang Li*
  • , Wei Xu
  • , Guanglei Cui
  • , Junpenq Zhuang
  • , Xiaofang Li
  • , Shu Wang
  • , Yinglin Song
  • , Daoben Zhu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

An ultrathin composite film containing anionic Ag-His complexes (His: L-Histidine) and oppositely charged BH-PPV was fabricated by means of the electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly technique. UV/Vis spectra showed a continuous deposition process of Ag-His complexes and BH-PPV. The film structure was characterized by using small-angle X-ray diffraction, AFM, and SEM. The nonlinear optical properties of the ultrathin film were studied by using the Z-scan technique with a laser duration of 8 ns at a wavelength of 532 nm. The film sample exhibited a strong nonlinear saturated absorption, with an α2 value of -3.9times; 10-5 m W-1 and a self-defocusing effect with an n2 value of -4.78×10 -12 m2 W-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)481-486
Number of pages6
JournalChemPhysChem
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2005

Keywords

  • Nonlinear optics
  • Self-assembly
  • Silver
  • Surface chemistry
  • Thin films

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