Local-field enhancement effect on the nonlinear optical response of gold-silver nanoplanets

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4537-4547

  Cesca, T ^a   Calvelli, P ^b   Battaglin, G ^b   Mazzoldi, P ^a   Mattei, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION IMPLANTATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SILICA;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GAIN MATERIALS; INTENSITY RANGE; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; PLASMONIC; PUMP INTENSITIES; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SINGLE BEAM; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84857259540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004537     Document Type: Article

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