Various techniques to characterize the nonlinear (NL) optical response of centro-symmetric
materials are presented and evaluated with emphasis on the relationship between the …

Ultrafast all-optical switches based on epsilon-near-zero (ENZ)-enhanced nonlinear
refraction in transparent conducting oxides have achieved exciting results in realizing large …

The measurement of the order and magnitude of absorptive nonlinearities is essential to the
development and improvement of a wide range of optical materials. This review presents …

In this paper, we present results from the detailed investigations on the synthesis, optical,
emission, electrochemical, and ultrafast nonlinear optical (NLO) properties along with the …

The possibility of controlling light using the nonlinear optical properties of photonic devices
opens new points of view in information and communications technology applications. In this …

Three Schiff bases dissolved in chloroform were investigated to determine their nonlinear
optical properties using D4σ Z-scan technique employing 10 ps pulses of Nd: YAG laser at …

Indium tin oxide (ITO) films have recently emerged as a new class of functional materials for
nonlinear optical (NLO) devices due to their exotic properties around epsilon-near-zero …

Photonic vitreous materials with high optical nonlinearities and fast response times are
beneficial for designing next generation nonlinear photonic devices. Herein, large …

The nonlinear optical properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) colloids in distilled water,
when irradiated with 100 fs laser pulses, were investigated experimentally using the Z-scan …

In this study, strong two-photon absorption (TPA) in a layered bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3)
topological insulator (TI) is observed and investigated by the Z-scan method under excitation …