title: Wavelength dependence of nonlinear optical properties of colloidal CdS quantum dots.
abstract: Wide wavelength range (550-1600 nm) measurements of nonlinear optical properties of ca. 5 nm CdS quantum dots (QDs) colloidal solution were performed using the Z-scan technique with femtosecond laser pulses at 1 kHz. Parameters characterizing nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction were determined. Nonlinear absorption has the character of a two-, three- and four-photon process depending on the wavelength range, with the values of the relevant coefficients peaking at 750 nm, 1200 nm and 1500 nm, respectively. The order of the nonlinear processes was confirmed by measurements of the integral luminescence intensity vs. input excitation intensity. Maxima of the multi-photon absorption bands correspond to the second absorption band of the QDs. The maximum value of the two-photon absorption cross-section σ2 was estimated to be 7.2 × 10(-47) cm(4) s per QD at 750 nm.
authors: Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors: Janusz
authors: J
authors: Szeremeta
authors: Marcin
authors: M
authors: Nyk
authors: Dominika
authors: D
authors: Wawrzynczyk
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Samoc
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003102:Colloids; D045663:Quantum Dots; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D003102:Colloids; D013440:Sulfides; C034939:cadmium sulfide