Two-photon absorption and degenerate four-wave mixing studies of sulfide semiconductor nanoparticles in polymeric solutions

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1364-1370

  Jia, Wenling ^a   Guo, Fengqi ^b   Douglas, Elliot P ^a   Sun, Wenfang ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerate four wave mixing; Nonlinear transmission; Sulfide semiconductor nanoparticles; Third order nonlinear susceptibility; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

PICOSECOND LASER PULSES; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER PULSES; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 42449134554     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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