• DocumentCode
    689901
  • Title

    Tunable polarizability and self-trapping of light in colloidal suspensions of gold nanoparticles

  • Author

    Fardad, Shima ; Bezryadina, Anna ; Peng Zhang ; Zhigang Chen ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N.

  • Author_Institution
    CREOL/Coll. of Opt., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Aqueous suspensions containing pure gold nanoparticles and silica-gold core-shells are shown to exhibit different polarizibilities, thus allowing self-trapping of long needles of light. The different nonlinear mechanisms behind these processes are investigated.
  • Keywords
    colloids; gold; light polarisation; nanoparticles; optical self-focusing; optical tuning; silicon compounds; suspensions; SiO2-Au; aqueous suspensions; colloidal suspensions; gold nanoparticles; light self-trapping; silica-gold core-shells; tunable polarizability; Educational institutions; Gold; Laser beams; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Suspensions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834291
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689901