Self-Diffraction Characterization and Optical Limiting Behavior of the PAni/PVA Nanofiber

Abstract

The current work presents the fabrication of polyaniline (PAni)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofiber composites through electrospinning. The morphological properties of the sample evaluated by employing the field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and the diameters of the samples are between 141 to 234 nm. The presence of both PVA and PAni in the nanofiber structure was evaluated with the aid of Fourier-Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). When a rifampicin-doped PVA film and a rifampicin-doped nanofiber PAni/PVA film were irradiated with a continuous wave laser beam at a wavelength of 532 nm, diffraction ring patterns (DFRPs) were seen. The nonlinear refractive index (NLDX) \({{n}_{2}}\), was determined from the number of observed rings. Large value obtained of the order of 212.48 × l0^–8 cm²/W for PAni/PVA nanofiber composites. The change in the nonlinear refractive index \(\Delta n\), depends primarily on both the natural refractive index of the material and the NLDX, in which diffraction patterns play a major role in this change. In addition to that, the optical limiting) \({\text{OPT}}\) (qualities were investigated. Within a solid PAni/PVA host, the dye shows of some impressive optical limiting features. It has been discovered that the mechanism responsible for the limitation of optical sensitivity is mostly of a thermal nature.