Evidence for electron thermal effect in the third-order nonlinear optical response of matrix-embedded gold nanoparticles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5221, Issue , 2003, Pages 14-23

  Palpant, Bruno ^a   Prot, Dominique ^a   Mouketou Missono, Alain Stephen ^a   Rashidi Huyeh, Majid ^a   Sella, Claude ^a   Debrus, Solange ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hot electrons; Metal nanoparticles; Nanocomposite materials; Nonlinear optical response; Optical Kerr effect; Plasmon resonance; z scan

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRON THERMAL EFFECTS; HOT ELECTRONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; Z-SCAN;

GOLD;

EID: 2342568381     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.503717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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