Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of the optical nonlinearity in nanometric gold particles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-21

  Puech, K ^a   Blau, W J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dielectric confinement; Gold; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Quantum size effects; Ultrafast processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035607499     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011463617132     Document Type: Article

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