Anisotropic nonlinear optical properties of metal nanocomposite glass

This paper investigates the metal nanocomposite glass and its anisotropic nonlinear optical properties. The samples being investigated are glass containing silver nanoparticles, which are prepared by the ion-exchange technique and subsequent reduction and aggregation. Single beam Z-scan technique is used for the nonlinear characterisation of the metal nanocomposite glass, which in turn allows for the determination of amplitude and phase nonlinearities simultaneously.