Title :
Femtosecond pulse shaping by Ag nanoparticle arrays: Plasmon-enhanced absorption saturation
Author :
Cheng, T.-Y. ; Tsai, K.-T. ; Lee, J.-H. ; He, J.-H. ; Wang, Y.L. ; Wang, J.-K.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We have examined a femtosecond pulse shaping phenomenon induced by self-organized Ag nanoparticle arrays. Significant pulse shortening was observed as plasmon resonance occurs between the array and femtosecond pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; optical pulse shaping; plasmons; silver; Ag; femtosecond pulse shaping; nanoparticle arrays; plasmon resonance; plasmon-enhanced absorption saturation; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Plasmons; Pulse shaping methods; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (320.7110) Ultrafast 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
