Nonlinear Optical Characterization of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals as a Novel Material for the Integration into Electro-Optic Modulators
Francesco Vitale, Fabio De Matteis, Mauro Casalboni, Paolo Prosposito, Patrick Steglich, Viachaslau Ksianzou, Christian Breiler, Sigurd Schrader, Barbara Paci, Amanda Generosi
Abstract. The present work is concerned with the investigation of the nonlinear optical response of green emissive CsPbBr3 nanocrystals, in the form of colloidal dispersions in toluene, synthesized via a room-temperature ligand-assisted supersaturation recrystallization (LASR) method. After carrying out a preliminary characterization via X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Absorption and Photoluminescence (PL) Spectroscopies, the optical nonlinearity of the as-obtained colloids is probed by means of a single-beam Z-scan setup. Results show that the material in question, within the sensitivity of the experimental apparatus, exhibits a nonlinear refractive index n2 that is the order of 10-15 cm2/W. Moreover, a three-photon absorption mechanism (3PA) is postulated, according to the fitting of the recorded Z-scan traces and the fundamental absorption threshold, which turns out to be off resonance with twice the energy of the laser radiation. A figure of merit is, then, calculated as an indicator of the quality of the CsPbBr3 nanocrystals as a candidate material for photonic devices, for instance, Kerr-like electro-optic modulators (EOMs).
Keywords
CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals, NLO Materials, Z-Scan, Kerr Effect, EOMs
Published online 2/25/2020, 11 pages
Citation: Francesco Vitale, Fabio De Matteis, Mauro Casalboni, Paolo Prosposito, Patrick Steglich, Viachaslau Ksianzou, Christian Breiler, Sigurd Schrader, Barbara Paci, Amanda Generosi, Nonlinear Optical Characterization of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals as a Novel Material for the Integration into Electro-Optic Modulators, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 16, pp 27-37, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900710-4
Part of the book on Photonics and Photoactive Materials
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