Title :
Optical nonlinearity of a colloidal “non-ideal gas” of nano-suspensions
Author :
El-Ganainy, R. ; Christodoulides, D.N. ; Wright, E.M. ; Lee, W.M. ; Dholakia, K.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics-CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We show that many-body effects in stabilized nano-suspensions can have a profound effect on their optical nonlinearity. The nonlinear properties of these colloids can range from polynomial to exponential depending on their composition and chemistry.
Keywords :
colloids; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; suspensions; colloidal nonideal gas; many-body effects; nanosuspension; optical nonlinearity; polynomial; soft-condensed matter system; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemistry; Educational institutions; Electrostatics; Nanobioscience; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical saturation; Physics; (190.3970) Microparticle nonlinear optics; (190.4420) Transverse effects in nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
