Wang G, Xiao S, Peng Y, Wang Y, Yuan C, He J. Two-photon and three-photon absorption in ZnO nanocrystals embedded in Al
2O
3 matrix influenced by defect states.
OPTICS LETTERS 2019;
44:179-182. [PMID:
30645579 DOI:
10.1364/ol.44.000179]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The broadband nonlinear absorption in ZnO nanocrystals embedded in Al2O3 matrix was investigated by Z-scan and pump-probe techniques from 400 nm to 800 nm. The effective two-photon absorption and three-photon absorption coefficients were determined to be ∼1.1×103 cm/GW at 400 nm and ∼1.1×10-1 cm3/GW2 at 800 nm, respectively, which are at least two orders of magnitude greater than that in ZnO bulk crystal. It may be attributed to the defect-states-mediated multiphoton absorption process, which was proofed by comparison experiments with different densities of interfacial defect states. The corresponding lifetimes for the intraband relaxation, defect-states trapping, and interband recombination processes were measured by femtosecond transient absorption measurements as τ1 ∼ 1 ps, τ2 ∼ 13 ps, and τ3 ∼ 350 ps, respectively.
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