Nonlinear Optical and Optical Limiting Properties of Graphene Oxide Dispersion in Femtosecond Regime

摘要

The third-order nonlinear optical properties of graphene oxide (GO) dispersion in distilled water were investigated in femtosecond regime, using a single beam z-scan technique. Induced by a focused Gaussian beam (λ ～800 nm) with 150 fs pulse duration, the graphene oxide shows strong nonlinear absorption, which was dominated by reverse saturable absorption (RSA), originates from two-photon absorption (TPA) in GO. In addition, the optical limiting performance of GO was experimentally derived, indicating that the occurrence of RSA make GO a candidate for optical limiting. In addition, the further increasing of input intensity would enhance the nonlinear scattering effects in the sample so that the optical limiting threshold was reached.