Ultrafast response of nonlinear refractive index of silver nanocrystals embedded in glass

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1712-1714

  Hamanaka, Y ^a   Nakamura, A ^a   Omi, S ^b   Del Fatti, N ^c   Vallee F ^c   Flytzanis, C ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOYA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GLASS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SILVER; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

SURFACE PLASMON (SP) EXCITATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0032620760     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124798     Document Type: Article

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