On the physical contributions to the third-order nonlinear optical response in plasmonic nanocomposites

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Fernández Hernández, Roberto Carlos ^a   Gleason Villagran, Roberto ^a   Torres Torres, Carlos ^b   Rodríguez Fernández, Luis ^a   Crespo Sosa, Alejandro ^a   Cheang Wong, Juan Carlos ^a   López Suárez, Alejandra ^a   Rangel Rojo, Raúl ^c   Oliver, Alicia ^a   Reyes Esqueda, Jorge Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

nanocomposites; nonlinear optical spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HOT ELECTRONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONICS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; PULSED-LASER SYSTEMS; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84870337725     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/12/125203     Document Type: Article

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