Abstract
We report an experimental measurement of nonlinear absorption by using the near-infrared femtosecond laser and a crystalline MgO sample. We show that the nonlinear absorption inside MgO presents a four-fold modulation as a function of the crystal alignment to the laser polarization. In different intensities and wavelengths, we observe that the modulation amplitude is changed. We introduce a model based on the calculation of the carrier density to explain the phenomenon. It shows that the varied modulation is due to the variation of effective electron mass, which is related to the crystal structure. Our work makes a step forward in the application of nonlinear absorption in exploring solid structure.
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