Particle size-dependent giant nonlinear absorption in nanostructured Ni-Ti alloys

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 11193-11202

  Anthony, John Kiran ^a   Kim, Hee Cheoul ^a   Lee, Hwang Woon ^a   Kumar Mahapatra, S ^a   Lee, Hae Min ^a   Kim, Chang Koo ^a   Kim, Kihong ^a   Lim, Hanjo ^a   Rotermund, Fabian ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTONS; REDUCTION; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; PARTICLE MEAN DIAMETERS; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 47849126675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.011193     Document Type: Article

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