A promising optical limiting material: Tunable third-order nonlinear optical properties of robust CsPbX3 (X=Cl/Br, Br) nanocrystals glasses

As laser technology advances, the importance of laser protection puts an urgent demand for robust and high-efficient optical limiting materials. In this work, CsPbX 3 (X = Cl/Br, Br) NCs were synthesized by precisely controlling the ratio of Cl − to Br − and the heat treatment temperature, and the third-order nonlinear (TONL) optical properties of them were investigated systematically and deeply based on a nonlinear optical imaging technique with the phase-object (NIT-PO) at 532 nm for the first time. All of them demonstrate strong reverse saturation absorption (∼10 -12 –10 -11 m/W), and the sign of TONL refraction index (γ) relates to the component (CsPb(Cl/Br) 3 NCs glasses: ∼10 -20 m 2 /W, CsPbBr 3 NCs glasses: ∼−10 -20 to 10 -19 m 2 /W). In addition, they have excellent characteristics of thermal stability and water stability, as well as photostability under 455 nm laser irradiation, indicating that it is a promising optical limiting material.