Linear and nonlinear optical properties of gold nanoparticle-Eu oxide composite thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Henari, F Z ^a   Dakhel, A A ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EUROPIUM; GOLD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THICK FILMS; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

COMPOSITE THIN FILMS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; ENERGY GAPS; EUROPIUM OXIDES; GOLD NANO PARTICLES; LINEAR OPTICAL ABSORPTION; NANOGOLD PARTICLES; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; NON-LINEAR ABSORPTION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL ABSORPTION; SILICON SUBSTRATES; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEARITIES; UV-VISIBLE; VACUUM EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; Z -SCAN TECHNIQUE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 49749148505     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2967711     Document Type: Article

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