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Using Femtosecond Laser Light to Investigate the Concentration- and Size-Dependent Nonlinear Optical Properties of
Mohamed Ashour1,2, Rasha Ibrahim1, Yasmin Abd El-Salam1
1Laser Institute for Research and Applications LIRA, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.
Abstract:
In this work, the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of CuO nanoparticles (CuO NPs) were studied experimentally using the pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique. A nanosecond Nd: YAG laser was employed as the ablation excitation source to create CuO NPs in distilled water. Various CuO NPs samples were prepared at ablation periods of 20, 30, and 40 min. Utilizing HR-TEM, the structure of the synthesized CuO NPs samples was verified. In addition, a UV-VIS spectrophotometer was used to investigate the linear features of the samples. The Z-scan technique was utilized to explore the NLO properties of CuO NPs samples, including the nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) and nonlinear refractive index (n2). An experimental study on the NLO features was conducted at a variety of excitation wavelengths (750-850 nm), average excitation powers (0.8-1.2 W), and CuO NPs sample concentrations and sizes. The reverse saturable absorption (RSA) behavior of all CuO NPs samples differed with the excitation wavelength and average excitation power. In addition, the CuO NPs samples demonstrated excellent optical limiters at various excitation wavelengths, with limitations dependent on the size and concentration of CuO NPs.
