Title: A home made Z-scan set up for the nonlinear optical investigations in solids

Authors: Sardul Singh Dayal; David Joseph

Addresses: Optical Engineering Section, Department of Applied Physics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar 125001, Haryana, India ' Optical Engineering Section, Department of Applied Physics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar 125001, Haryana, India

Abstract: An indigenous Z-scan set up has been fabricated for the study of nonlinear optical properties of solids. Few crystals have been used to verify the performance of the home made system. An automatic scanning is made possible by burning a program to the IC. Although the paper is based on instrumentation, it also summarises for Z-scan set ups commonly used in nonlinear optical studies and their relative advantages. A solid (ruby crystal) and CS2 liquid has been used for parametric studies.

Keywords: Z-scan; ruby crystals; nonlinear optics; optical properties; solids; instrumentation

DOI: 10.1504/IJIT.2015.075930

International Journal of Instrumentation Technology, 2015 Vol.1 No.4, pp.310 - 329

Received: 21 Sep 2015
Accepted: 08 Feb 2016
Published online: 16 Apr 2016 *

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