Nonlinear optical properties of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles

Aine M. Whelan; Sakina Benrezzak; Margaret E. Brennan; John M. Kelly; Werner J. Blau

doi:10.1117/12.464037

Nonlinear optical properties of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles

Aine M. Whelan, Sakina Benrezzak, Margaret E. Brennan, John M. Kelly, Werner J. Blau

School of Chemical and BioPharmaceutical Science

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Abstract

The synthesis of metal (Au,Ag) and semiconductor (PbS) nanoparticles of specific size and morphology is reported. The shape of PbS nanoparticles has been varied from spherical to oval to cubic, by use of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), DNA and ethylene glycol as stabilisers respectively. For the first time, a seeding method has been used to successfully prepare PVA stabilised gold and silver nanoparticles. Characterisation of the third order optical nonlinearity of the nanoparticles has been carried out using the Z-scan technique with values of Im Χ⁽³⁾ as large as 10^-10. Modulation of the magnitude of the nonlinear optical response with morphology in the case of the PbS nanoparticles is presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1257-1264
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4876
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464037
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	Opto-Ireland 2002: Optics and Photonics Technologies and Applications - Galway, Ireland Duration: 5 Sep 2002 → 6 Sep 2002

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Morphology
Nanoparticles
Nonlinear optics

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