Enhanced luminescence and nonlinear optical properties of nanocomposites of ZnO-Cu

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2836-2845

  Irimpan, Litty ^a   Nampoori, V P N ^a   Radhakrishnan, P ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COLLOIDS; COPPER; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITRATION; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

CARRIER ABSORPTIONS; COLLOIDAL CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DEFOCUSING; EMISSION MECHANISMS; ENHANCED LUMINESCENCES; EXCITATION WAVELENGTHS; INDUCED ABSORPTIONS; INFRARED REGIONS; INTERBAND ABSORPTIONS; NANO COLLOIDS; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSES; NON LINEARITIES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSES; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDICES; OPTICAL LIMITERS; OPTICAL LIMITING; PLASMON BANDS; PURE ZNO; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTIONS; SATURABLE ABSORPTIONS; SPECTRAL RANGES; SURFACE PLASMON ABSORPTIONS; TUNABLE LASERS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; ULTRA VIOLETS; UV EMISSIONS; UV PEAKS; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 56549084584     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2008.0364     Document Type: Article

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