Third-order nonlinearity of metal nanoparticles: Isolation of instantaneous and delayed contributions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Jayabalan, J ^a   Singh, Asha ^a   Khan, Salahudin ^a   Chari, Rama ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL COLLOIDS; NANO-PLATELETS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PUMP PULSE; SUBPICOSECOND TIME SCALE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY; TIME DEPENDENT; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL PUMPING; VOLUME FRACTION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84870690839     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4766379     Document Type: Article

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