Title :
Optical nonlinearities of plasmons in single gold nanorods
Author :
Pelton, Matthew ; Liu, Mngzhao ; Park, Sungnam ; Scherer, Norbert ; Guyot-Sionnest, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Chicago Univ., IL, USA
Abstract :
We measure third-order optical nonlinearities of plasmons in single chemically-synthesized gold nanorods using a novel interferometric scattering technique. We observe ultrafast, coherent material nonlinearities that are enhanced by localization of light in the rods.
Keywords :
gold; light interferometry; light scattering; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; surface plasmons; Au; coherent material nonlinearity; interferometric scattering technique; light localization; plasmons; single chemically-synthesized gold nanorod; third-order optical nonlinearity; Electrons; Frequency; Gold; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Plasmons; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548690
