Structural phase transition as the mechanism of an optical nonlinearity in a nanoparticle film
Structural phase transition as the mechanism of an optical nonlinearity in a nanoparticle film
Optical control of phase coexistence, previously used as a mechanism for achieving a nonlinearity at planar gallium/glass interfaces, can be exploited as a nonlinear response mechanism in a metallic nanoparticle film. Experimental measurements of the reflective and transmissive nonlinear response of a gallium nanoparticle film, manufactured on the tip of an optical fibre using the light-assisted self-assembly technique, are shown to be consistent with an effective medium theory for the optical properties of a layer of closely packed nanoshells comprising a core and surface layer in two different structural phases of the metal.
Aggregated thin films, Nanoparticles, Optical properties, Structural transitions, Phase coexistence
S241-S243
Fedotov, V. A.
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MacDonald, K. F.
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Zheludev, N. I.
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20 January 2005
Fedotov, V. A.
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MacDonald, K. F.
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Zheludev, N. I.
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Fedotov, V. A., MacDonald, K. F. and Zheludev, N. I.
(2005)
Structural phase transition as the mechanism of an optical nonlinearity in a nanoparticle film.
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 7 (2), .
(doi:10.1088/1464-4258/7/2/032).
Abstract
Optical control of phase coexistence, previously used as a mechanism for achieving a nonlinearity at planar gallium/glass interfaces, can be exploited as a nonlinear response mechanism in a metallic nanoparticle film. Experimental measurements of the reflective and transmissive nonlinear response of a gallium nanoparticle film, manufactured on the tip of an optical fibre using the light-assisted self-assembly technique, are shown to be consistent with an effective medium theory for the optical properties of a layer of closely packed nanoshells comprising a core and surface layer in two different structural phases of the metal.
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Published date: 20 January 2005
Keywords:
Aggregated thin films, Nanoparticles, Optical properties, Structural transitions, Phase coexistence
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28685
ISSN: 1741-3567
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N. I. Zheludev
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