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Linear and nonlinear optical absorption characterization of natural laccaic acid dye

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We report on the optical performances of laccaic acid dye in solution at different concentrations and dye–poly(methyl methacrylate) composite thin films. The linear spectral characteristics including optical constants, i.e. refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k), were carried out in a comprehensive way through absorbance, fluorescence and ellipsometric studies. The nonlinear optical parameters such as nonlinear absorption coefficient β eff (or β 2), the imaginary third-order susceptibility (Im[χ (3)]) and the imaginary part of second-order hyperpolarizability (γ) of the samples were evaluated using the open-aperture Z-scan technique with a laser pulse duration of 10 ns at 532 nm wavelength. The corresponding numerical values of these parameters were of 10−10, 10−11 and 10−32 order, respectively. Two-photon absorption was revealed to be the main driving physical mechanism in the nonlinear response. This suggests that laccaic acid dye can be a potential candidate for NLO materials application.

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Acknowledgments

This research program was generously supported by grants from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, A/14/090080), the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), iThemba LABS, the UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, and the Abdus Salam ICTP via the Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET) as well as the African Laser Centre (ALC) to whom we are grateful. We gratefully acknowledge the Department of Physics and Chemistry, MOLTECH-Anjou, as well as the French Government for the financial support through the international mobility grant (No. 810581B). The authors are thankful to Prof. T. Nyokong for the Z-scan unit access.

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  1. UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

    S. Zongo & M. Maaza

  2. Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET), Materials Research Department, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure Road, PO Box 722, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, 7131, South Africa

    S. Zongo & M. Maaza

  3. Department of Physics, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

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  4. Radiation Biophysics Department, iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, 1 Old Faure Road, PO Box 722, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, 7131, South Africa

    P. Beukes

  5. CNRS UMR 6200, Laboratoire MOLTECH-Anjou, LUNAM Université, Université d’Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045, Angers Cedex, France

    A. P. Kerasidou & B. Sahraoui

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Zongo, S., Dhlamini, M.S., Kerasidou, A.P. et al. Linear and nonlinear optical absorption characterization of natural laccaic acid dye. Appl. Phys. B 120, 389–396 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6148-3

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