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Large third-order nonlinear optical properties of C70 fullerene in the infrared regime

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The nonlinear third-order optical susceptibility of C70 in a toluene solution is measured for the first time by the method of degenerate four-wave mixing using 10 ns laser pulses at 1.06 μm. The third-order susceptibility X (3)in is 5.6×10−12 esu for a C70 toluene solution at a concentration of 0.476 g/l. The correspondent magnitude of the hyperpolarizability γ1111 of the C70 molecule is 1.2×10−30 esu which is in a good agreement with the prediction given by the model of a free electron in a spherical box.

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  1. Department of Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, P.R. China

    Shao-Chen Yang, Qihuang Gong, Zongju Xia & Y. H. Zou

  2. Department of Chemistry, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, P.R. China

    Y. Q. Wu, D. Qiang, Y. L. Sun & Z. N. Gu

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Yang, SC., Gong, Q., Xia, Z. et al. Large third-order nonlinear optical properties of C70 fullerene in the infrared regime. Appl. Phys. B 55, 51–53 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348613

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