Nonlinear optical characterization of silver nanoparticles embedded in phosphate glass

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6170, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lysenko, S ^a   Jimenez, J ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Liu, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Phosphate glass; Silver nanoparticles; Surface plasmon resonance; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE GLASSES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33749572416     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.658853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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