• DocumentCode
    2223356
  • Title

    Optical nonlinearity and light-induced structural transformations in gallium nanoparticles

  • Author

    Fedotov, V.A. ; MacDonald, K.F. ; Stevens, G.C. ; Pochon, S. ; Zheludev, N.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Southampton Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    19-24 May 2002
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We report that this concept of achieving a nonlinearity via a light-induced transformation in a confined solid at a temperature close to a phase transition temperature can also be applied to gallium nanoparticles. We believe that inducing such a transition in gallium (an exceptionally polymorphic metal) in the nanoparticle geometry may be a means of enabling the development of nanoscale photonic devices.
  • Keywords
    gallium; micro-optics; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; solid-state phase transformations; Ga; Ga nanoparticles; confined solid; gallium nanoparticles; light-induced transformation; nanoparticle geometry; nanoscale photonic devices; nonlinearity; phase transition temperature; polymorphic metal; Gallium; Nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-708-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2002.1031096
  • Filename
    1031096