Abstract

The room-temperature optical nonlinear behavior of a quantum-confined CdSe-doped glass with ∼25-Å-size particles is examined. The photodarkening effect is found to be important in this glass. The effect and its influence on the nonlinear response of the glass is investigated experimentally through the use of optical absorption saturation and forward-degenerate four-wave-mixing methods.

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