Linear and nonlinear refractive index, Abbe number, electronic energy gap and oscillator strength are reported for a new series of (Mg, Ba)F2-based fluorophosphates glasses (MBBA system) doped with rare earth dopants (Er , Nd) in the concentration range of 6.67x10 2.86x10 (ions/cm) and 2.5x10 1.25x10 (ions/cm), respectively. The linear refractive index is found to increase with increasing dopan...

New propagation regimes for light arise from the ability to tune the dielectric permittivity to extremely low values. Here, we demonstrate a universal approach based on the low linear permittivity values attained in the ε-near-zero (ENZ) regime for enhancing the nonlinear refractive index, which enables remarkable light-induced changes of the material properties. Experiments performed on Al-dop...

there are several techniques in use for non-linear refractive index measurement, namely, interferometric techniques, in which conventional inter-ferometers are used, degenerate for wave mixing (dfwm), and z-scan, each of these techniques suffers from some shortcmings. for example conventional interferometers like fabry-perot and twyman-green need high quality optical components, unwanted reflec...

In this work, nonlinear refraction properties of gold (Au) and platinum (Pt) nanoparticles dispersed in the water are reported. The thermally induced effective nonlinear refractive index due to nonlocal heat effect is characterized by Zscan technique with a low power continuous wave (CW) laser at 1064 nm. This allows us to measure thermo-optic coefficient and effective nonlinear refractive inde...

The Z-scan technique is a simple and effective tool for determining nonlinear optical properties of materials. This technique is utilized in measurement of urea and uric acid in blood. The nonlinear refractive index of urea and uric acid are found to vary linearly with concentration. Hence by calculating the nonlinear refractive index it is possible to measure their concentration in the sample....

For the first time exact analytical solutions to the eikonal equations in (1+ 1) dimensions with a refractive index being a saturated function of intensity are constructed. It is demonstrated that the solutions exhibit collapse; an explicit analytical expression for the self-focusing position, where the intensity tends to infinity, is found. Based on an approximated Lie symmetry group, solution...