Transverse nonlinear optics in heavy-metal-oxide glass
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Stable two -dimensional spatial solitons in heavy metal oxide glasses
In this Communication, a stable self-confined propagation with ps near-infrared (NIR) pulses and over several Rayleigh lengths is demonstrated for the first time . Multiphoton absorption is shown to saturate the self-focusing response in a novel glass of the ternary system Nb2O5-O2-PbO (NPG) exhibiting a high refractive index (2-2.1) in the NIR and an energy gap of 3.52 eV. NPG belongs to the family of heavy metal oxides, widely studied for its fast and high nonlinearity in the infrared.
In situ diagnostics and control of laser-induced removal of iron oxide layers
The mechanism of laser-induced removal of thermally grown iron oxide layers on pure iron has been investigated by means of in situ reflectivity measurements. The experiments were carried out by irradiating the sample with λ=584 nm, τ=6 ns (FWHM) laser pulses in a buffer borate solution after a cathodic polarisation of - 1.5 V/SCE had been applied during 40 min. The removal efficiency has been studied as a function of the number of laser pulses, for several fluence values and for a few time delays after switching off the cathodic polarisation. The results demonstrate that reflectivity measurements are a suitable non-invasive in situ diagnostics tool for the assessment of the efficiency of ox…
Temperature rise during laser-induced self-organization of nanoparticle gratings revealed by Raman microspectroscopy and electron microscopy
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Near-infrared spatial solitons in heavy metal oxide A glasses
We demonstrate two-dimensional spatial solitons excited by near-infrared picosecond pulses in Kerr-like heavy metal oxide glasses with a nonlinearity one order of magnitude larger than in fused silica. Solitons were obtained at 820 nm owing to the presence of multiphoton absorption, which prevented catastrophic collapse. © 2007 Optical Society of America.
2D+1 spatial solitons in heavy metal oxide glass
Two-dimensional self-confinement of near-infrared picosecond pulsed beams is demonstrated in a novel heavy metal-oxide glass, three-photon absorption being the stabilization mechanism to prevent catastrophic collapse.