Modification of noble metal nanoparticles in a silica matrix by pulsed tunable infrared laser irradiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6458, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Halabica, A ^a   Magruder III, R H ^b   Haglund Jr , R F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free electron laser; Metal nanoparticles; Nanocomposites; Optical absorption; Vibrational excitation

Indexed keywords

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICA; VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA;

INFRARED LASER IRRADIATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34248344298     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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