NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND OPTICAL POWER LIMITING OF POLY (3HT- Co - Th) - PMMA POLYMER BLEND FILMS

Imad Al-Deen  Hussein Ali Al-Saidi; Hussein Falih  Hussein; Numan Sleem Hashim

doi:10.29121/ijoest.v5.i1.2021.142

Authors

Imad Al-Deen Hussein Ali Al-Saidi College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah
Hussein Falih Hussein Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
Numan Sleem Hashim Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/ijoest.v5.i1.2021.142

Keywords:

Copolymer, Polymer Blend Films, Nonlinear Optical Properties, Optical Power Limiting, Z - Scan Technique

Abstract

Poly (3 - Hexylthiophene - Co - Thiophene) copolymer was prepared by using the addition polymerization method. The Nonlinear optical properties and the behavior of the optical power limiting of the prepared polymer blend poly (3HT- Co - Th) - PMMA films were studied by using the z - scan technique for different weight ratios of the copolymer poly (3HT- Co - Th). In the present work, a continuous wave (CW) diode - pumped solid - state laser (DPSSL) of wavelengths 532 nm was used for the irradiation of the prepared film samples. The nonlinear optical parameters such as, the nonlinear refractive index (n₂), the nonlinear absorption coefficient (β), and the third - order - nonlinear optical susceptibility (χ (³)) of the polymer blend poly (3HT- Co - Th) - PMMA films were determined for different weight ratios of the copolymer poly (3HT- Co - Th). It is observed that the polymer blend poly (3HT - Co - Th) - PMMA films exhibit saturable absorption (SA) and self - defocusing effects, and this gives an indication that both, the nonlinear refractive index (n₂) and the nonlinear absorption coefficient (β), have negative values. The obtained results indicate that the prepared polymer blend poly (3HT - Co - Th) - PMMA films are promising materials and can be considered as suitable materials for different optical and electronic applications.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

G. Harsanyi, Polymer Films in Sensor Applications: Technology, Materials, Devices and Their Applications, (Technomic Publishing Company Inc., Pennsylvania, USA, 1995).

P. Günter, (Ed.), Nonlinear Optical Effects and Materials, (Springer - Verlag,Berlin / Herzberg, Germany, 2000).

D. Y. Kim, H. N. Cho, and C. Y. Kim, “Blue Light Emitting Polymers”, Prog. Polymer Sci., 25 (2000) 1089 - 1139.

D. Arivuoli, Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optical Materials, Pramana J. Phys., 57 (2001) 871 - 883.

Ch. Bosshard, J. Hulliger, M. Florsheimer, and P. Gunter, Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials, Advances in Nonlinear Optics, Vol. 1, (Gordon and Breach Publishers, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, LLC., Florida, USA, 2001).

H. S. Nalwa, (Ed.), Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices, (Academic Press, New York, USA, 2001).

R. L Sutherland, (Ed), Handbook of Nonlinear Optics, 2nd Edition, (Dayton,Ohio, USA, 2003).

A. Moliton and R. C. Hiorns, “Review of Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconducting π - Conjugated Polymers: Applications in Optoelectronics”, Polymer Inter. 53 (2004) 1397 - 1412.

R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, 3rd Edition, (Elsevier Inc., New York, USA. 2008).

M. Helgesen, R. Søndergaard, and F. C. Krebs, “Advanced Materials and Processes for Polymer Solar Cell Devices”, J. Mater. Chem., 20 (2009) 36 - 60.

M. Bass, (Ed.), Handbook of Optics: Optical Properties of Materials, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, Vol. IV, 3rd Edition, (The McGraw - Hill Companies, Inc., New York, USA, 2010).

R. A. Ganeev, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Materials, Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Vol. 174, (Springer, Netherlands, 2013).

O. Ostroverkhova, (Ed.), Handbook of Organic Materials for Optical and Optoelectronic Devices: Properties and Applications, (Woodhead Publishing

Ltd., UK, 2013).

B. D. Guenther, Nonlinear Optics, 2nd Edition, (Oxford University Press, UK,2015).

A. Sacco, M. Gerosa, S. Bianco, L.Mercatelli, R. Fontana, L. Pezzati, M. Quaglio, C. F. Pirri, and A. O. M. Tucci, “Dye - Sensitized Solar Cell for a Solar Concentrator System”, Solar Energy, 125 (2016) 307 - 313.

Z. Chai, X. Hu, F. Wang, X. Niu, J. Xie, and Q. Gong, “Review: Ultrafast All - Optical Switching”, Adv. Optical Mater., 5 (2016) 665.

Imad Al-Deen Hussein Ali Al-Saidi and Rahad Jabar, “Third - Order Nonlinear Optical Properties and Optical Power Limiting Behavior of Celestin Blue B Dye Doped Polymer Films”, J. Photonic Meter. Tech., 4 (2018) 1 - 7.

J. R. Reynolds, B. C. Thomson, and T. A. Skotheim, (Eds.), Handbook of Conductivity Polymers: Conjugated Polymers, Perspective, Theory, and New Materials, 4th Edition, (CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, LLC., Florida, USA, 2019).

Imad Al-Deen Hussein A. Al-Saidi and Saif Al-Deen Abdulkareem, “Nonlinear Optical Properties and Optical Power Limiting Effect of Giemsa Dye Polymer Films”, Opt. Laser Technol., 82 (2016) 150 - 156.

M. J. Moran, C. Y. She, and R. L. Carman, “Interferometric Measurements of Nonlinear Refractive-index Coefficient Relative to CS2 in Laser - System Related Materials’’, lEEE J. Quantum Elecrron., QE - 11, (1975) 259 - 263.

S. R. Friberg and P. W. Smith, “Nonlinear Optical Glasses for Ultra – Fast Optical Switches”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., QE - 23, (1987) 2089 - 2094.

E. W. Van Stryland and M. Sheik - Bahae, “Z - Scan Measurements of Optical Nonlinearities”, in Characterization Techniques and Tabulations for Organic Nonlinear Materials, M. G. Kuzyk and C. W. Dirk, (Eds.), (Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, USA, 1998) 655 - 692.

Imad Al-Deen Hussein A. Al-Saidi and Saif Al-Deen Abdulkareem, “Nonlinear Optical Properties and Optical Power Limiting of Leishman Dye Using Z - Scan Technique”, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron., 20 (2015) 2713.

Imad Al-Deen Hussein A. Al-Saidi and Saif Al-Deen Abdulkareem, “Nonlinear Optical Properties and Optical Power Limiting Behavior of Leishman Dye in Solution and Solid Polymer Film Using Z - Scan”, Optik, 126, (2015) 4299 - 4303.

M. Sheik - Bahae, A. A. Said, and E. W. Van Stryland “High - Sensitivity, Single - Beam n2 Measurements” Opt. Lett. 14 (1989) 955.

M. Sheik - Bahae, A. A. Said, T. Wei, D. J. Hagan, and E. W. Van Stryland, “Sensitive Measurement of Optical Nonlinearities Using a Single Beam”, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE - 26 (19 90) 760.

Y. R. Shen, The Principle of Nonlinear Optics, (John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1984).

I. A. Al-Saidi and R. G. Harrison, “Self - Focusing of CO2 Laser Radiation in SF6" Appl. Phys. B, 55 (1992) 501.

I. A. Al-Saidi " Laser - Beam Profiles in Liquid CS2: Direct Evidence for Self-Focusing of a Laser Beam in CS2 ", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 32 (1999) 874.

T. Cassano, R. Tommasi, M. Ferrara, F. Babudri, G. M. Farinola, and F. Naso,“Substituent - Dependence of the Optical Nonlinearities in Poly(2,5 - Diakoxy -P - Phenylenevinylene) Polymers Investigated by Z - Scan Technique, Chem.Phys., 272 (2001) 111.