Large third-order optical nonlinearity in Au:SiO2 composite films near the percolation threshold

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-3

  Liao, H B ^a   Xiao, R F ^a   Fu, J S ^a   Yu, P ^a   Wong, G K L ^a   Sheng, Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; CALCULATIONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; GOLD; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RESONANCE; SILICA; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE FILMS; MIE RESONANCE; NANOCLUSTERS; POWER LAW; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; THIRD ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031555614     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119291     Document Type: Article

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