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Role of surface defects in the third order nonlinear optical properties of pristine NiO and Cr doped NiO nanostructures

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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 5815-5827

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.10.301

Keywords

Reverse saturable absorption; Optical limiter; Z -scan; Nonlinear absorption; Nonlinear refraction

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Pristine NiO and 2% Cr doped NiO nanostructures were synthesized successfully using the modified auto-combustion method. They exhibit nonlinear optical behavior suitable for fabricating efficient optical limiting devices. The third order nonlinear absorption coefficients confirmed their suitability for protecting human eyes and optical sensors from hazardous laser radiation under pulsed and continuous wave excitations.
Pristine NiO and 2% Cr doped NiO nanostructures are successfully synthesized by the modified auto-combustion method for the determination and improvement of linear and nonlinear optical behaviours, and for identifying them as suitable materials for optical limiting applications. Vibrational and linear optical properties of both nanostructures are investigated, and structural and morphological studies are carried out using XRD, FE-SEM, and HR-TEM. From the Kubelka-Munk model, the energy band gaps for pristine and doped samples are found to be 3.52 eV and 3.44 eV, respectively. Both pristine as well as Cr-doped NiO nanostructures reveal substantial nonlinear optical behaviour at the excitation wavelength of 532 nm, arising from the presence of strong reverse saturable absorption. The third order nonlinear absorption coefficients have values of the order of 10-10 m/W and 10-6 m/W, under pulsed (5 ns) and continuous wave laser excitations, respectively. These values confirm the suitability of these nanostructures for fabricating efficient optical limiting devices for safeguarding human eyes and optical sensors from hazardous laser radiation.

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