Nonlinear optical properties of Ag nanoclusters and nanoparticles dispersed in a glass host

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 15995-16002

  Mai, Hong Hanh ^a,d   Kaydashev, Vladimir E ^a   Tikhomirov, Victor K ^b   Janssens, Ewald ^a   Shestakov, Mikhail V ^b   Meledina, Maria ^c   Turner, Stuart ^c   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^c   Moshchalkov, Victor V ^b   Lievens, Peter ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL LIMITING; OXY-FLUORIDE GLASS; SURFACE PLASMON ABSORPTION; Z-SCAN EXPERIMENT;

SILVER;

EID: 84904989264     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502294u     Document Type: Article

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