Third order nonlinear optical susceptibility of Cu:Al2O 3 nanocomposites: From spherical nanoparticles to the percolation threshold

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2755-2762

  Del Coso, R ^a   Requejo Isidro, J ^a   Solis, J ^a   Gonzalo, J ^a   Afonso, C N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VOLUME FRACTION;

OPTICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; SIGNAL REGENERATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1642290013     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1643779     Document Type: Article

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