Large third-order optical nonlinearity of ZnO-Bi2O3-B2O3 glass-ceramic containing Bi2ZnB2O7 nanocrystals

Huidan Zeng, Zhao Liu, Qi Jiang, Bo Li, Chao Yang, Zhengjun Shang, Jing Ren, Guorong Chen

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Abstract

Homogeneous transparent optical glass-ceramics precipitated with unique nonlinear crystals are promising materials for photonic applications. We have utilized heat treatment method to prepare transparent ZnO-Bi2O3-B2O3 glass-ceramic containing Bi2ZnB2O7 nonlinear nanocrystals. A large third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ(3) of glass-ceramic is measured by Z-scan technique, which mainly attributed to unique [BiO6] and [B2O5] units in Bi2ZnB2O7 crystal structure and the quantum size effect of nanoparticles. The discovery is of great potential in the application of nonlinear optical integrated devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4383-4388
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume34
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Glass-ceramic
  • Nonlinear crystal
  • Third-order optical nonlinearity

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