Title :
Surface Plasmon Mediated Optical Limiting in Dilute Metallodielectric Systems
Author :
Kohlgraf-Owens, Dana C. ; Kik, Pieter G.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
An extension of the Maxwell Garnett theory is used to computationally study the influence of metal nanoparticle induced field enhancement on the optical limiting performance of a metallodielectric composite medium.
Keywords :
nanoparticles; optical limiters; surface plasmons; Maxwell Garnett theory; dilute metallodielectric systems; metal nanoparticle; optical limiting systems; surface plasmon; Composite materials; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical devices; Optical materials; Plasmons; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382626
