Role of nanocrystal morphology on the third order non-linear response of Cu:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ nanocomposite films

Author

del Coso, R. ; Olivares, J. ; Requejo, J.M. ; Suarez-Garcia, A. ; Gonzalo, J. ; Solis, J. ; Afonso, C.N.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Opt., CSIC, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only. Nanocomposite Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Cu films have been prepared by alternate pulsed laser ablation of the matrix (Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/) and the metallic (Cu) targets using an ArF excimer laser. The non-linear third order susceptibility of the composite film has been determined by the complementary use of Z-scan spectroscopy and degenerate four wave mixing (DFWM) using a cavity-dumped, mode locked tunable dye laser.

Keywords

alumina; composite materials; copper; multiwave mixing; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical films; pulsed laser deposition; spectroscopy; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Cu; ArF; ArF excimer laser; Cu:Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ nanocomposite films; Z-scan spectroscopy; alternate pulsed laser ablation; cavity-dumped mode locked tunable dye laser; composite film; degenerate four wave mixing; nanocomposite Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Cu films; nanocrystal morphology; non-linear third order susceptibility; third order non-linear response; Electron optics; Frequency conversion; Morphology; Nanocrystals; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical mixing; Surface contamination;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910159

Filename

910159