• DocumentCode
    3024883
  • 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
    Univ. of Rochester, Rochester
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present frequency-resolved measurements of the nonlinear absorption coefficient in gold- silica nanocomposite materials with high gold fill fraction.
  • Keywords
    absorption coefficients; dielectric materials; gold; nanocomposites; optical saturable absorption; particle reinforced composites; silicon compounds; Au-SiO2; frequency-resolved measurements; metal-dielectric nanocomposite materials; nonlinear absorption coefficient; saturable absorption; Absorption; Gold; Inorganic materials; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453628
  • Filename
    4453628