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Structured light using carbon nanostructures driven by Kerr nonlinearities and a magnetic field

Eric Abraham Hurtado-Aviles,a   María Vila, ORCID logo bc   Juan José Vilatela, ORCID logo b   Hilario Martines-Arano,a   Jhovani Bornacelli,a   José Antonio García-Merino,de   Felipe Cervantes-Sodi ORCID logo f  and  Carlos Torres-Torres ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica Unidad Zacatenco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
E-mail: ctorrest@ipn.mx, crstorres@yahoo.com.mx

b IMDEA Materials Institute, c/Eric Kandel 2, Getafe, Madrid, Spain

c Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación (ETSIT), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Madrid, Spain

d Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna, Santiago, Chile

e Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Av. Vicuña Mackenna, Santiago, Chile

f Depto. Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 880, Lomas de Santa Fe, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Abstract

A substantial influence of a magnetic field on the third-order nonlinear optical properties exhibited by aggregated networks of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNT) is reported by systematic measurements. A two-wave mixing was employed to explore and modulate the refractive index in the nanostructures in the nanosecond and picosecond regime. The presence of a magnetic field was able to modify the optical transmittance in the sample and the potentiality to generate structured light was proposed. Numerical simulations were conducted to analyze the magnetic field phenomena and the oscillations of the electric field in the studied sample. We discussed theoretical concepts, experimental methods, and computational tools employed to evaluate the third-order nonlinear optical properties of CNT in film form. Immediate applications of the system to modulate structured light can be contemplated.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP05195D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Nov 2021
Accepted
13 Dec 2021
First published
15 Dec 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 1081-1090

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Structured light using carbon nanostructures driven by Kerr nonlinearities and a magnetic field

E. A. Hurtado-Aviles, M. Vila, J. J. Vilatela, H. Martines-Arano, J. Bornacelli, J. A. García-Merino, F. Cervantes-Sodi and C. Torres-Torres, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 1081 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP05195D

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