Nanoscale light-induced melting as a mechanism for broadband optical switching
Nanoscale light-induced melting as a mechanism for broadband optical switching
We show that the strong nonlinear optical response of gallium/silica interfaces to nanosecond laser pulses, at wavelengths between 440 to 680 nm, is the consequence of light-induced melting in a layer of gallium just a few tens of nanometers thick. This conclusion is supported by numerical modeling of the interaction between laser radiation and a gallium/silica interface and of subsequent changes in the thermal and optical properties of the structure.
Nonlinear optics, Gallium, Phase transition
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Fedotov, V. A.
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MacDonald, K. F.
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Stevens, G. C.
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Zheludev, N. I.
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2003
Fedotov, V. A.
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MacDonald, K. F.
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Stevens, G. C.
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Zheludev, N. I.
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Fedotov, V. A., MacDonald, K. F., Stevens, G. C. and Zheludev, N. I.
(2003)
Nanoscale light-induced melting as a mechanism for broadband optical switching.
Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics: Concepts in Modern Optics, 30 (1), .
Abstract
We show that the strong nonlinear optical response of gallium/silica interfaces to nanosecond laser pulses, at wavelengths between 440 to 680 nm, is the consequence of light-induced melting in a layer of gallium just a few tens of nanometers thick. This conclusion is supported by numerical modeling of the interaction between laser radiation and a gallium/silica interface and of subsequent changes in the thermal and optical properties of the structure.
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Published date: 2003
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Nonlinear optics, Gallium, Phase transition
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28681
ISSN: 1543-0537
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V. A. Fedotov
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G. C. Stevens
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