Nonlinear optical properties of Au@Ag coreshell nanospheres excited by femtosecond laser

The nonlinear optical properties and ultrafast dynamics process of Au@Ag coreshell nanospheres (NSs) are reported in this paper. We researched the optical nonlinear absorption property of Au@Ag coreshell NSs excited by 800 nm laser at different energies by open-aperture Z-scan technology. The experimental results demonstrated that the Au@Ag coreshell NSs exhibited two-phone absorption (TPA) behavior, the degree of which was intensity-dependent. The TPA coefficients of Au@Ag coreshell NSs excited by different energies were obtained by fitting. By using pump-probe technology, we studied the ultrafast dynamics process of Au@Ag coreshell NSs. The results indicated that the relaxation process contained a fast and a slow process, which depended strongly on the laser intensity. By numerical fitting, we got the relaxation times of the sample excited at different laser powers. (c) 2021 Author(s).All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0067588

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This paper reports the nonlinear optical properties and ultrafast dynamics process of Au@Ag coreshell nanospheres (NSs). The Au@Ag coreshell NSs exhibited two-photon absorption behavior and the relaxation process contained a fast and a slow process, strongly dependent on the laser intensity. The experimental results provide valuable insights for potential applications in nonlinear optics and ultrafast dynamics studies.