Abstract

Kerr nonlinearity and Kerr-like nonlinearity induced via terahertz generation and the electro-optical effect in ZnTe crystal are investigated. In general, these nonlinear effects are concomitant and difficult to quantitatively analyze in the time domain. Even Z-scan technique, which is a simple and sensitive single-beam method to determine both the sign and magnitude of the nonlinear refractive index as well as the nonlinear absorption coefficient of a given material, cannot quantitatively analyze the contribution of each nonlinear effect directly. A method is proposed in the spectral domain to distinguish between Kerr nonlinearity and Kerr-like nonlinearity. Experimental results agree with theoretical analysis.

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