• DocumentCode
    2788561
  • Title

    Saturable absorption in nanocomposite gold-silica materials with high gold fill fraction

  • Author

    Piredda, Giovanni ; Smith, David D. ; Yoon, Youngkwon ; Boyd, Robert W. ; Xiao, Rongfu ; Wendling, Bettina

  • Author_Institution
    The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, NY 14627, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present frequency-resolved measurements of the nonlinear absorption coefficient in goldsilica nanocomposite materials with high gold fill fraction.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Gold; Inorganic materials; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431405
  • Filename
    4431405