Large third-order optical nonlinear susceptibility in natural dye derived from Clitoria ternatea petal

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Mundzir, Abd. Aziz, Muhammad Safwan, Krishnan, Ganesan, Ahmad, Fauzan, Mohammad, Sabah M., Abdul Razak, Ibrahim, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 2022
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103484/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.168752
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The third-order nonlinear optical response of Clitoria ternatea (CT) petal's dye in various solvents were characterized via Z-scan technique with a diode pumped solid state (DPSS) laser at 532 nm. The observations from the closed aperture z-scan showed the dye possess a self-defocusing effect w...