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OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 240, Issue 4-6, Pages 437-448Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.06.049
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silver nanoparticles; nonlinear refraction; nonlinear absorption; laser ablation
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The optical, structural, and nonlinear optical properties of silver nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation in various liquids were investigated at 397.5, 532, and 795 nm. The TEM and spectral measurements have shown temporal dynamics of size distribution of Ag nanoparticles in solutions. The thermal-induced self-defocusing dominated in the case of high pulse repetition rate as well as in the case of nanosecond pulses. In the case of low pulse repetition rate, the self- focusing (y = 3 x 10(-13) cm(2) W-1) and saturated absorption (beta = -1. 5 x 10(-9) cm W-1) of picosecond and femtosecond radiation were observed in these colloidal solutions. The nonlinear susceptibility of Ag nanoparticles ablated in water was measured to be 5 x 10(-8) esu (at lambda = 397.5 nm). (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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