Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group
  • Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
  • OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1989),
  • paper TUDD5

Nonlinear optical properties of conductive spheroidal composites

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Degenerate four-wave mixing in metal colloids and photochromic glasses reveals enhancements of the conjugate signal which can be 6-8 orders of magnitude above the background value.1,2 The local field enhancement at the surface-plasmon resonance is the cause of the observed enhancement. The structure of the resonance is determined by the dielectric properties of the conducting material and the shape of the particle. Generally, the dielectric properties cannot be greatly altered by changing the temperature or the alloying; however, small deformations in the particle shape lead to a large shift of the resonance frequencies.2 When the resonance is sharp, intrinsic optical bistability can be expected and has been predicted for silver particle composites.3

© 1989 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Nonlinear optical properties of gold composites

Mark J. Bloemer, Paul R. Ashley, Joseph W. Haus, and N. Kalyaniwalla
THJ3 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1989

Coated nanoparticle composites for intrinsic optical bistability

Meyer H. Birnboim, J. W. Haus, N. Kalyaniwalla, Weiping Ma, and R. Inguva
THJ4 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1989

Linear and Nonlinear Effective Medium Properties of Metallodielectric Composites of Interacting Spheres and Isolated Spheroids

Dana C. Kohlgraf-Owens and Pieter G. Kik
MThB3 Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META) 2008

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved