Cu:Silica Nanocluster Composite Material with Picosecond Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response.

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Abstract:

We report the creation of a novel composite nonlinear optical material by implanting Cu ions in fused silica. The implanted Cu ions aggregate at room temperature to form nm-size polycrystalline clusters in a high-density thin approx. - 150 nm layer just beneath the surface of the substrate. Measurements of the Kerr-type third-order nonlinear susceptibility Chi3 of this material shows that it has a response time no longer than 6ps and a magnitude of order 10exp -8 esu. The nonlinearity is enhanced for laser wavelengths near the surface plasmon resonance of the copper colloids. MM

Author(s):
Haglund, R. F., Jr. ; Yang, L. ; Magruder, R. H., . Iii. ; Becker, K. ; Wittig, J. E.
Author Organization(s):
VANDERBILT UNIV NASHVILLE TN
Descriptive Note:
Rept. for 1 Feb 87-31 Jan 91,
Pagination:
0011

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-87-C-0146
Monitor Series:
ONR
 Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing; Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*COMPOSITE MATERIALS, *NONLINEAR OPTICS, IONS, REPRINTS, PARTICLE SIZE, SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES, SILICON DIOXIDE, REACTION TIME, OPTICAL MATERIALS, LASERS, FUSED SILICA, AGGREGATES(MATERIALS), COPPER, COLLOIDS, PLASMONS, IMPLANTATION, NANOTECHNOLOGY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Laminates and Composite Materials, Optics
Report Date:
1991 Dec 01