Anisotropic linear and nonlinear optical properties from anisotropy-controlled metallic nanocomposites

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12849-12868

  Reyes Esqueda, Jorge Alejandro ^a   Rodríguez Iglesias, Vladimir ^a   Silva Pereyra, Héctor Gabriel ^a   Torres Torres, Carlos ^b   Santiago Ramírez, Ana Laura ^a   Cheang Wong, Juan Carlos ^a   Crespo Sosa, Alejandro ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, Luis ^a   López Suárez, Alejandra ^a   Oliver, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; LARGE BIREFRINGENCE; LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL ABSORPTION; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL; THIRD-ORDER SUSCEPTIBILITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 67749106292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012849     Document Type: Article

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