Ultrafast optical nonlinearity in quasi-one-dimensional Mott-insulator $\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{r}}_2\mathrm{Cu}{\mathrm{O}}_3$

Abstract

We report strong instantaneous photoinduced absorption (PA) in the quasi-one-dimensional Mott insulator $\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{r}}_2\mathrm{Cu}{\mathrm{O}}_3$ in the IR spectral region. The observed PA is to an even-parity two-photon state that occurs immediately above the absorption edge. Theoretical calculations based on a two-band extended Hubbard model explains the experimental features and indicates that the strong two-photon absorption is due to a very large dipole-coupling between nearly degenerate one- and two-photon states. Room temperature picosecond recovery of the optical transparency suggests the strong potential of $\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{r}}_2\mathrm{Cu}{\mathrm{O}}_3$ for all-optical switching.

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