Title :
Metal nanoparticle induced enhancement in third-order optical nonlinearity of Phenylhydrazone/PMMA thin films
Author :
Sudheesh, Palengara ; Chandrasekharan, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Inst. of Technol. Calicut, Calicut, India
Abstract :
We report the third-order nonlinear optical properties of Phenylhydrazone doped PMMA thin films and the effect of noble metals (Ag &Au) on their nonlinear optical response using single beam Z-scan techniques.
Keywords :
gold; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical films; optical polymers; polymer films; silver; Ag; Au; metal nanoparticle; noble metals; phenylhydrazone-PMMA thin films; single beam Z-scan technique; third-order nonlinear optical properties; third-order optical nonlinearity;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
