Effect of the composition on the nonlinear optical response of AuxAg1-x nano-alloys

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6861-6872

  Papagiannouli, Irini ^a,b   Aloukos, Panagiotis ^a,b   Rioux, David ^c   Meunier, Michel ^c   Couris, Stelios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LASER ABLATION; LASER EXCITATION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; PRECIOUS METALS; RESONANCE; SILVER ALLOYS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AG AND AU NANOPARTICLES; CHARACTERISTIC SURFACES; HIGH LASER INTENSITIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; RESONANCE ENHANCEMENT; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SATURABLE ABSORPTION BEHAVIOR;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84925936063     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512404a     Document Type: Article

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