@article{64340ca0b0be47079c7e93d8338d4af0,
title = "Optical Kerr effect in carbon diselenide",
abstract = "We have measured the optical Kerr susceptibility of liquid carbon diselenide and find its value to be (74 ± 11) × 10-14 csu, with pump and probe wavelengths of 619 and 579 nm, respectively. This value is approximately three times the Kerr susceptibility of carbon disulfide, and is the largest value reported for a simple liquid. A strong dispersion in Kerr susceptibility is observed as the probe frequency is tuned toward the blue, and is likely due to two-photon near-resonant enhancement from the 1B2 state. We also report the visible and ultraviolet absorption spectra and linear refractive index measurements of liquid CSe2.",
author = "Garetz, {Bruce A.} and Khosrofian, {John M.}",
note = "Funding Information: In summary. we have measuredt he optical Kerr susceptibility of liquid CSez and find it to be the largest known optical Kerr constant for a simple liquid. Other non-linear optical properties of CSe, should be sirni-larly large. Two-photon absorption,>oherent Raman and degenerate four-wave mixing studies of this molecule should also prove interesting. Comparison of CS2 and CSe, subpicosecond Kerr relaxation measurements should help sort out the various contributions involved in that process [ I;]_ We thank Professor Y. Okamoto of our department for his assistancei n purifying the CSe2 samples. We acknowledge the National Science Foundation (Grant No. ECS-7908109), the ResearchC orporation and the Institute of Imaging Sciences of PINY for support of this research_",
year = "1983",
month = feb,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1016/0009-2614(83)85039-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "94",
pages = "494--497",
journal = "Chemical Physics Letters",
issn = "0009-2614",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "5",
}