Nonlinear optical transmission in VOx nanotubes and VOx nanotube composites
- 19 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 81 (9), 1711-1713
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1504641
Abstract
Optical-limiting behavior of vanadium oxide nanotubes is characterized for the visible and infrared spectral ranges using 8 ns pulses from a Nd:YAG laser with an optical system. Vanadium oxide nanotube dispersions were investigated in both water suspensions and embedded in solid polymethyl methacrylate films. In each case, these nanotubes exhibit strong optical-limiting at 532 nm (in comparison to carbon nanotubes); however, no nonlinear behavior is observed for 1064 nm. This suggests that a two photon or excited state absorption mechanism is responsible for the observed nonlinearity.
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