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Saturated absorption and nonlinear refraction of silicate glasses doped with silver nanoparticles at 532 nm

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The nonlinear optical characteristics of silicate glasses doped with silver nanoparticles are investigated by Z-scan technique using second harmonic radiation of picosecond Nd:YAG laser (λ=532 nm, τ=55 ps). The real and imaginary parts of third-order nonlinear susceptibility of silver-contained glasses were measured. It was found that the sign of Imχ (3)was negative due to saturated absorption and the sign of Reχ (3) was changed from negative (self-defocusing) to positive (self-focusing) with growth of laser radiation intensity. The mechanisms responsible for saturated absorption and nonlinear refraction are discussed.

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  1. NPO Akadempribor, Akademgorodok, Uzbekistan

    R.A. Ganeev & T Usmanov

  2. Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Chiba, Japan

    R.A. Ganeev

  3. Samarkand State University, Smarkand, Uzbekistan

    A.I. Ryasnyansky

  4. Centre de la National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

    A.I. Ryasnyansky

  5. Institute for Experimental Physics and Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Nanoscale Research, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria

    A.L. Stepanov

  6. Kazan Physics-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    A.L. Stepanov

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Ganeev, R., Ryasnyansky, A., Stepanov, A. et al. Saturated absorption and nonlinear refraction of silicate glasses doped with silver nanoparticles at 532 nm. Optical and Quantum Electronics 36, 949–960 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-004-3392-x

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