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Nonlinear Optical Properties of Buckminsterfullerene, C60, in the Near-Infrared

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Z. H. Kafafi ,
J. R. Lindle ,
R. G. S. Pong ,
F. J. Bartoli ,
L. J. Lingg  and
J. Milliken
Z. H. Kafafi
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375
J. R. Lindle
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375
R. G. S. Pong
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375
F. J. Bartoli
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375
L. J. Lingg
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375
J. Milliken
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. 20375
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Abstract

Time-resolved degenerate four-wave mixing experiments were conducted on films of pure Qo using a 35 ps Nd:YAG laser. The measurements wavelength 1.064 μm was far off resonance with any one-photon absorption bands. A small linear absorption coefficient α=6 cm−1 was measured at this wavelength. The third-order optical susceptibility χxxxx (3) of C60, derived from its phase conjugate signal, is 7 × 10−12 esu. The nonlinear optical temporal response was largely laser-pulse limited. Evidence for a fifth-order contribution to the nonlinear optical response was observed at high laser intensities.

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