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Ultrafast third-order nonlinear optical response of Cu:Bi2O3 nanocomposite films

  • Guanjun You*
  • , Peng Zhou
  • , Zhiwei Dong
  • , Chunfeng Zhang
  • , Liangyao Chen
  • , Shixiong Qian
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Fudan University
  • ASIC and System

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Abstract

Ultrafast third-order nonlinear optical responses of the as-deposited and annealed Cu:Bi2O3 nanocomposite films were investigated by using femtosecond Z-scan and time-resolved optical Kerr effect (OKE) techniques at the wavelength of 800 nm. The Z-scan measurement showed that both the real and imaginary parts of the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility were enhanced after thermal annealing treatment. The OKE response of the as-deposited film was instantaneous, and the enhanced OKE signal of the annealed film presented additional slow decay processes which imply the important contribution from photoinduced hot electrons in Cu nanoparticles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)188-194
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume393
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Metal nanoparticles
  • Optical Kerr effects
  • Ultrafast nonlinear response
  • Z-scan

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