Issue 26, 2016

Wavelength dependent nonlinear optical switching in electron beam irradiated CuTTBPc thin film

Abstract

The main aim of the present work is to investigate the role of 8 MeV electron beam interaction in modifying the linear and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of thermally evaporated copper tetra tert-butyl phthalocyanine (CuTTBPc) thin films. The irradiation dose dependent change in linear optical band gap and roughness changes after electron irradiation have been explored. Third order NLO investigations were performed for unirradiated and 10 kGy irradiated CuTTBPc films with the femtosecond (fs) Z-scan technique at wavelengths of 800 nm and 900 nm. The unirradiated film depicted both reverse saturable and saturable kinds of nonlinear absorption behaviour as expected from the band gap restrictions on two photon absorption. A switch over to reverse saturable absorption within saturable absorption of the irradiated film at 900 nm laser excitation is explained using the irradiation induced band gap shifts of the material due to localized defects formation within the band gap region.

Graphical abstract: Wavelength dependent nonlinear optical switching in electron beam irradiated CuTTBPc thin film

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jan 2016
Accepted
17 Feb 2016
First published
18 Feb 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 22083-22089

Wavelength dependent nonlinear optical switching in electron beam irradiated CuTTBPc thin film

K. V. A. Kumar, S. Venugopal Rao, S. Hamad and S. M. Dharmaprakash, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 22083 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA02790C

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