Title :
Saturable Absorption in Nanocomposite Gold-Silica Materials with high Gold Fill Fraction
Author :
Piredda, Giovanni ; Smith, David D. ; Yoon, Youngkwon ; Boyd, Robert W. ; Xiao, Rongfu ; Wendling, Bettina
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Rochester, Rochester
Abstract :
We present frequency-resolved measurements of the nonlinear absorption coefficient in gold- silica nanocomposite materials with high gold fill fraction.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; dielectric materials; gold; nanocomposites; optical saturable absorption; particle reinforced composites; silicon compounds; Au-SiO2; frequency-resolved measurements; metal-dielectric nanocomposite materials; nonlinear absorption coefficient; saturable absorption; Absorption; Gold; Inorganic materials; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453628
