• DocumentCode
    444056
  • Title

    Optical nonlinearities of plasmons in single gold nanorods

  • Author

    Pelton, Matthew ; Liu, Mngzhao ; Park, Sungnam ; Scherer, Norbert ; Guyot-Sionnest, Philippe

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Chicago Univ., IL, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Abstract
    We measure third-order optical nonlinearities of plasmons in single chemically-synthesized gold nanorods using a novel interferometric scattering technique. We observe ultrafast, coherent material nonlinearities that are enhanced by localization of light in the rods.
  • Keywords
    gold; light interferometry; light scattering; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; surface plasmons; Au; coherent material nonlinearity; interferometric scattering technique; light localization; plasmons; single chemically-synthesized gold nanorod; third-order optical nonlinearity; Electrons; Frequency; Gold; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Plasmons; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548690
  • Filename
    1548690