Title :
Ultrafast studies of metal nanorod coherent acoustic oscillations
Author :
Owrutsky, Jeff C. ; Pomfret, Michael B. ; Brown, Douglas J.
Author_Institution :
Chem. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy was used to characterize coherent acoustic oscillations of a series of nanorods composed of a wide variety of metals. The oscillations provide information on the nanorods´ composition, structure and relaxation properties.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical materials; time resolved spectra; coherent acoustic oscillations; metal nanorod; relaxation; ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy; Absorption; Biomembranes; Chemistry; Gold; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Optical pumping; Probes; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics; (160.4236) Nanomaterials; (320.5390); (320.7150); Ultrafast spectroscopy;
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
