Numerical modeling of z-scans of thick nonlinear absorbers

Anders Eriksson; Mikael Lindgren; Soren A. Svensson; Tim Bubner; Tim J. McKay; Jacqueline Staromlynska

doi:10.1117/12.326883

12 October 1998 Numerical modeling of z-scans of thick nonlinear absorbers

Anders Eriksson, Mikael Lindgren, Soren A. Svensson, Tim Bubner, Tim J. McKay, Jacqueline Staromlynska

Proceedings Volume 3472, Nonlinear Optical Liquids for Power Limiting and Imaging; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326883
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A numerical scheme for modeling of z-scans with samples ranging from thin samples to beyond the thick sample limit was introduced in our previous work (A. Eriksson et al., J. Opt. Soc. Am. B15, pp. 810-816, 1998). The method relies on a multilayer approach, where all layers are treated as independent, and may have different linear and nonlinear optical properties. The theoretical scheme can be used for irradiance as well as fluence, dependent absorbers. It allows for an arbitrarily shaped aperture in front of the detector. Here the method is tested and compared with the results of analytical thick sample theory and previously published numerical simulations. Ways of optimizing the performance of an optical limiting device are modeled and discussed. Preliminary experimental z-scan results of both thin and thick sample chloro-aluminum phthalocyanine were analyzed.

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Anders Eriksson, Mikael Lindgren, Soren A. Svensson, Tim Bubner, Tim J. McKay, and Jacqueline Staromlynska "Numerical modeling of z-scans of thick nonlinear absorbers", Proc. SPIE 3472, Nonlinear Optical Liquids for Power Limiting and Imaging, (12 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326883

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