• DocumentCode
    444057
  • Title

    Robust nonlinear chiral responses from gold nanoparticle arrays

  • Author

    Canfield, Brian K. ; Kujala, Sami ; Laiho, Kaisa ; Kauranen, Martti ; Jefimovs, Konstantins ; Turunen, Jari

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Phys., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Abstract
    Strong chiral responses from arrays of L-shaped gold nanoparticles are observed through second-harmonic circular dichroism and tensor measurements. Comparisons suggest that small-scale defects are the primary source of broken symmetry which makes the samples chiral.
  • Keywords
    chirality; circular dichroism; gold; nanoparticles; optical harmonic generation; Au; L-shaped gold nanoparticle array; robust nonlinear chiral response; second-harmonic circular dichroism; small-scale defect; tensor measurement; Gold; Gratings; Nanoparticles; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Robustness; Rotation measurement; Tensile stress;
  • 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.2005.1548691
  • Filename
    1548691