Nonlinear absorption and refraction of light in a colloidal solution of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots upon two-photon resonant excitationстатья
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Аннотация:This paper reports on the results of an investigation into the nonlinear transmission of individual ultrashort pulses of a train generated by a mode-locked laser through a colloidal solution of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in toluene upon two-photon resonant excitation of the fundamental optical transition. The specific features of the nonlinear transmission are explained in terms of the two-photon absorption and self-defocusing processes. Analysis of the experimental results makes it possible to separate the self-defocusing processes that are governed by the inertialess change in the refractive index due to the interaction of high-power optical pulses with bound electrons and those determined by the nonlinear change in the refractive index under the action of two-photon-excited carriers in a quantum dot.