• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 8, 081902 (2023)
Boyang Nan, Ruijin Hong*, Chunxian Tao, Qi Wang, Hui Lin, Zhaoxia Han, and Dawei Zhang
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  • Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.081902 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Boyang Nan, Ruijin Hong, Chunxian Tao, Qi Wang, Hui Lin, Zhaoxia Han, Dawei Zhang. Thickness dependency of nonlinear optical properties in ITO/Sn composite films[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(8): 081902 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this study, a batch of indium tin oxide (ITO)/Sn composites with different ratios was obtained based on the principle of thermal evaporation by an electron beam. The crystalline structure, surface shape, and optical characterization of the films were researched using an X-ray diffractometer, an atomic force microscope, a UV-Vis-NIR dual-beam spectrophotometer, and an open-hole Z-scan system. By varying the relative thickness ratio of the ITO/Sn bilayer film, tunable nonlinear optical properties were achieved. The nonlinear saturation absorption coefficient β maximum of the ITO/Sn composites is -10.5×10-7 cm/W, approximately 21 and 1.72 times more enhanced compared to monolayer ITO and Sn, respectively. Moreover, the improvement of the sample nonlinear performance was verified using finite-difference in temporal domain simulations.
    TNorm(z)=1122βI0Leff1+(zz0)2,

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    Boyang Nan, Ruijin Hong, Chunxian Tao, Qi Wang, Hui Lin, Zhaoxia Han, Dawei Zhang. Thickness dependency of nonlinear optical properties in ITO/Sn composite films[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(8): 081902
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