Nonlinear Two-Photon Absorption in the Near-Infrared Band for Lead Bromide Perovskite Films Using an F-Scan Nonlinear Spectrometer

An F-scan nonlinear spectrometer is used to measure the two-photon absorption coefficient for CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite films from 690 to 995 nm. This spectrometer uses an electrically focused tunable lens and a tunable femtosecond-pulse laser (Mai Tai-HP) with a resolution of 5 nm. Two-band models and saturation irradiance corrections are used to fit the experimental data. The nonlinear absorption in this wavelength range is of the order of cm/MW. We found that the best agreement between the experimental data, the reported values in the literature, and the theoretical model is obtained for an extended two-band model with irradiance saturation correction.

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An F-scan nonlinear spectrometer was used to measure the two-photon absorption coefficient of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite films. The experimental data was fitted using a two-band model and irradiance saturation correction, revealing a nonlinear absorption magnitude of cm/MW.