Title :
Nonlinear optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles: The influence of material, size, shape and solvent
Author :
Liberman, V. ; Sworin, M. ; Kingsborough, R. ; Hamad, K. ; Swiston, Albert ; Geurtsen, G. ; Rothschild, M.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Suspensions of Au and Ag plasmonic nanoparticles, irradiated with 532-nm, ns-long pulses, exhibit nonlinear absorption, nonlinear scattering and saturable absorption. Laser-induced damage is suppressed by >100x when the solvent is toluene instead of water.
Keywords :
gold; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical saturable absorption; organic compounds; plasmonics; silver; solvent effects; suspensions; Ag; Ag plasmonic nanoparticles; Au; Au plasmonic nanoparticles; laser-induced damage; nonlinear absorption; nonlinear optical properties; nonlinear scattering; saturable absorption; toluene; wavelength 532 nm; Absorption; Gold; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Plasmons; Scattering; Suspensions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
