Z-scan technique for thick thermal media

Marcela M. Mendez-Otero; Marcelo David Iturbe Castillo; Jose Javier Sanchez-Mondragon; Serguei I. Stepanov

doi:10.1117/12.231015

5 February 1996 Z-scan technique for thick thermal media

Marcela M. Mendez-Otero, Marcelo David Iturbe Castillo, Jose Javier Sanchez-Mondragon, Serguei I. Stepanov

Proceedings Volume 2730, Second Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.231015
Event: Second Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics, 1995, Guanajuato, Mexico

Abstract

We present a theoretical and experimental analysis of the Z-scan technique in thick media with thermal nonlinearity in steady-state regime. The theoretical model considers the thick medium as a stack of thin thermal lenses. Numerical solution for the Z-scan technique is obtained. Experimental results for the technique using a sample of methylene blue in a solvent under cw illumination from a 10 mW He-Ne laser beam are obtained. Comparison of the experimental and theoretical results is made. Good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained.

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Marcela M. Mendez-Otero, Marcelo David Iturbe Castillo, Jose Javier Sanchez-Mondragon, and Serguei I. Stepanov "Z-scan technique for thick thermal media", Proc. SPIE 2730, Second Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics, (5 February 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.231015

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