Effect of solvent surface tension on optical limiting properties of graphene dispersions

Xuehui Sun; Lihe Yan; Tao Chen; Yang Yu; Shigeki Matsuo

doi:10.1088/1054-660X/25/3/035901

Effect of solvent surface tension on optical limiting properties of graphene dispersions

Xuehui Sun, Lihe Yan, Tao Chen, Yang Yu, Shigeki Matsuo

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Abstract

The optical limiting (OL) properties and the mechanisms of graphene dispersions in alcohol aqueous solutions with different concentrations were investigated using a nanosecond pulse laser. With increasing the incident laser influence, optical transmittance of graphene dispersions decreased and the nonlinear scattering (NLS) light intensity increased synchronously, indicating that the NLS effect was mainly responsible for the OL process of graphene dispersions. By changing the alcohol concentration in the solvent and analyzing the relations between the solvent surface tensions and the OL properties of different dispersions, we demonstrated that solvent surface tension played a significant role in the OL performance of graphene dispersions, and a lower surface tension would induce a stronger NLS effect and a lower OL threshold.

Original language	English
Article number	035901
Journal	Laser Physics
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1054-660X/25/3/035901
Publication status	Published - 2015 Mar 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

grapheme
nonlinear scattering
optical limiting
surface tension

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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