Ultrafast optical switching in a silver nanoparticle system

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作者
Inouye, H [1 ]
Tanaka, K
Tanahashi, I
Hattori, T
Nakatsuka, H
机构
[1] Univ Tsukuba, Inst Appl Phys, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058573, Japan
[2] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[3] Matsushita Elect Ind Co Ltd, Cent Res Labs, Kyoto 6190237, Japan
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 2000年 / 39卷 / 9A期
关键词
femtosecond optical Kerr shutter; silver nanoparticle;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.39.5132
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
An ultrafast response of a silver nanoparticle system, as fast as 360 fs, was observed in a femtosecond optical-Kerr-shutter experiment. The ultrafast response is attributed to a self-diffraction of a pump pulse due to transient grating. We estimated chi((3)) of the silver nanoparticle system to be 1.5 x 10(-7) esu in the femtosecond region.
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页码:5132 / 5133
页数:2
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