Plasmonic, Low-Frequency Raman, and Nonlinear Optical-Limiting Studies in Copper-Silica Nanocomposites

Plasmonics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Mohapatra, Satyabrata ^a   Mishra, Y K ^b   Warrier, A M ^c   Philip, Reji ^c   Sahoo, S ^d   Arora, A K ^d   Avasthi, D K ^e  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^e INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Nonlinear absorption; Optical limiting; Plasmonic nanocomposites; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858000672     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9271-y     Document Type: Article

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