Regulation and Application of Carbon Dots with Nonlinear Optical Properties:a Review
CAO Zheyong1, LIU Xinghua1, ZHENG Jingxia1,*, YANG Yongzhen1,*, LIU Xuguang1,2
1 Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China 2 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Abstract: Carbon dots (CDs), as a novel type of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials, have excellent optical properties such as fluorescence and phosphorescence. With the continuous exploration of the optical properties of CDs, it is found that CDs not only exhibit excellent linear optical properties under weak light, but also exhibit outstanding nonlinear optical properties under strong light. These advantages of CDs include high nonlinear susceptibility, variable nonlinear absorption mode, low optical limiting threshold, and quick response to femtosecond and other ultrafast lasers. Thus, CDs exhibit great potential in the military, communication and medical fields. Herein, this review summarizes the regulation modes of CDs with nonlinear optical properties and their applications. Firstly, the influences from CDs themselves (CDs size, doping elements, surface functional groups, etc.) and their external environments (liquid matrix, solid matrix, laser energy, etc.) on their nonlinear optical properties are discussed. Secondly, the applications of CDs in nonlinear optical fields including optical limiting, optical switching, biology, and detection are introduced. Finally, the current problems and future potentials for applying CDs to nonlinear optics are proposed and prospected.
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