Measurement of the third order nonlinear susceptibility of paratellurite single crystal using multiplex CARS

Zakaniaina Rajaofara (1) , Philippe Leproux (2) , Erwan Capitaine (2) , Hideaki Kano , Tomokatsu Hayakawa , Philippe Thomas (1) , Jean-René Duclère (1) , Vincent Couderc (2)

1 IRCER - Institut de Recherche sur les CERamiques
2 XLIM - XLIM

We report the extraction of the real part of the third order nonlinear susceptibility for a c-cut paratellurite (TeO 2 − α) single crystal using the nonresonant contribution of the multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (M-CARS) signal. Using fused silica and SF57 as nonlinear reference materials, we derive the absolute value of the real part of the electronic third order susceptibility and we evidence the in-plane modulation of the nonlinear refractive index. These results are in total agreement with those recently obtained by the z-scan method.

Domaines: Matériaux

Zakaniaina Rajaofara, Philippe Leproux, Erwan Capitaine, Hideaki Kano, Tomokatsu Hayakawa, et al.. Measurement of the third order nonlinear susceptibility of paratellurite single crystal using multiplex CARS. AIP Advances, 2019, 9, ⟨10.1063/1.5113478⟩. ⟨hal-03095077⟩