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Terahertz Properties of Polymers for 2D Nonlinear Grating Formation

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A method for creating of a three-dimensional nonlinear optical grating based on the alternation of layers with different nonlinear optical properties has been developed. The spatial structure of the lattice is formed by an active layer from a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) matrix with dimethyl amino -4-n-methylstilbazolium-tosylate (DAST) nanocrystals and a photopolymer used as an inactive layer. The absorption and refraction terahertz spectral dependencies of the photopolymerizable composition and the DAST - PMMA nanocomposite have been studied. Obtained results allow us to consider this material as a good candidate for terahertz photonics. The processes of terahertz generation in the DAST - PMMA nanocomposite by the optical rectification of femtosecond laser pulses have been investigated and high generation efficiency have been demonstrated. The nonlinear optical grating based on the indicated components was created and its structure was investigated.

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Acknowledgements

The THz spectral measurements and the study of THz generation efficiency were performed according to the Development program of the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Education School of Lomonosov Moscow State University “Photonics and Quantum technologies. Digital medicine”, partially supported by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in framework of Agreement No. 075-15-2022-830 from 27 May 2022 (Prolongation of Agreement No. 075-15-2021-1358 from 12 October 2021) and within the State assignment FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS.

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This work was supported the Russian Foundation for Basic Research projects no. 18-52-16014 and no. 20-32-90234.

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  1. ITMO University, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russian Federation

    Igor Denisyuk, Maria Fokina & Iulia Ignateva

  2. Lomonosov MSU, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

    Ilya Ozheredov & Anton Sinko

  3. ILIT RAS - Branch of the FSRC Crystallography and Photonics RAS, Moscow Region, Shatura, 140700, Russian Federation

    Ilya Ozheredov & Anton Sinko

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Denisyuk, I., Ozheredov, I., Fokina, M. et al. Terahertz Properties of Polymers for 2D Nonlinear Grating Formation. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 43, 972–982 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-022-00878-y

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