Large third-order optical nonlinearity in Au:TiO2 composite films measured on a femtosecond time scale

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1817-1819

  Liao, H B ^a   Xiao, R F ^a   Wang, H ^a   Wong, K S ^a   Wong, G K L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; GOLD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROBES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FEMTOSECOND TIME SCALE; HOT ELECTRON EXCITATION; INTERBAND ELECTRIC DIPOLE TRANSITION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0032045301     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121193     Document Type: Article

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