Are the two-photon absorption coefficient in the UV (around 260 nm) and the nonlinear refractive index related for water? In other terms, should I expect TPA to be strongly correlated to SPM in water?
The SPM is a parametric process (involves nonlinear refractive part) while the TPA is nonparametric (involves absorption) process. Check the purity of water by simple absorption runs in the region of interest.