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- Konda, Srinivasa Rao, et al.
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Influence of embedded NiO-nanoparticles on the nonlinear absorption of tungsten disulfide nanolayers
- 2023
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In: Optical materials (Amsterdam). - : Elsevier. - 0925-3467 .- 1873-1252. ; 138
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- 2D transition metal dichalcogenides possess fascinating properties due to their direct bandgap, strong spin-orbit coupling, and promising electronic/mechanical properties. In this work, we synthesized pure tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanolayers and NiO nanoparticles (NPs) decorated in few-layered WS2 and measured the third-order nonlinear optical properties using femtosecond Z-scan measurements. The open aperture Z-scan data illustrated that the inclusion of NiO nanoparticles into the WS2 layers increases the nonlinear absorption at 800 and 400 nm wavelengths. Furthermore, we observed the switchability of the nonlinear absorption from saturable absorption to two-photon absorption or reverse saturable absorption by changing the pump intensity. Thus, the embedded NiO NPs played a crucial role in the variation of intensity-dependent nonlinear absorption mechanism of WS2 nanolayers and thus can be helpful for various optical applications such as laser pulse compression and optical limiting to prevent over-exposure of protective photosensitive sensors by intense ultrashort laser pulses.
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- Mottamchetty, Venkatesh, et al.
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High-Order Harmonics Generation in MoS2 Transition Metal Dichalcogenides : Effect of Nickel and Carbon Nanotube Dopants
- 2023
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In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. - : MDPI. - 1661-6596 .- 1422-0067. ; 24:7
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The transition metal dichalcogenides have instigated a lot of interest as harmonic generators due to their exceptional nonlinear optical properties. Here, the molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) molecular structures with dopants being in a plasma state are used to demonstrate the generation of intense high-order harmonics. The MoS2 nanoflakes and nickel-doped MoS2 nanoflakes produced stronger harmonics with higher cut-offs compared with Mo bulk and MoS2 bulk. Conversely, the MoS2 with nickel nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (MoS2-NiCNT) produced weaker coherent XUV emissions than other materials, which is attributed to the influence of phase mismatch. The influence of heating and driving pulse intensities on the harmonic yield and cut-off energies are investigated in MoS2 molecular structures. The enhanced coherent extreme ultraviolet emission at similar to 32 nm (38 eV) due to the 4p-4d resonant transitions is obtained from all aforementioned molecular structures, except for MoS2-NiCNT.
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- Mottamchetty, Venkatesh, et al.
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Application of vector beams for enhanced high-order harmonics generation in laser-induced plasmas
- 2022
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In: Optics Express. - : Optica Publishing Group. - 1094-4087. ; 30:10, s. 17080-17093
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- High-order harmonics driven by phase- and polarization-structured femtosecond pulses are unique sources of the extreme ultraviolet vortex and vector beams, which have various applications. Here, we report the generation of intense high-order harmonics during propagation of the polarization-structured vector beams (radially polarized beam, azimuthally polarized beam, and their superposition) through the laser-induced plasmas (In, C, CdS, Zns, Ag2S). Low-order harmonics became stronger with radially polarized and azimuthally polarized driving beams compared with the linearly polarized beams, which is explained on the basis of phase matching and specific properties of vector beams. Contrary to that, the resonance-enhanced harmonic generated in the indium plasma in the case of radially polarized and azimuthally polarized beams was twice weaker compared with the harmonic generated by the LP beam due to modification in the resonant transition selection rules leading to a decrease of the oscillator strength of ionic transitions. Harmonic cut-off and intensity in the case of superposition of the radially and azimuthally polarized beams were lesser compared with the cases of the individual (radially polarized and azimuthally polarized) beams. (C) 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement
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