Intensity favored switching of nonlinear optical absorption mechanism in silver nanoparticles under nanosecond pulsed laser excitation

Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal N. V.; Siji Narendran N. K.; Shiju E.; Vijayakumar S.; Chandrasekharan K.

doi:10.1117/12.2530323

21 June 2019 Intensity favored switching of nonlinear optical absorption mechanism in silver nanoparticles under nanosecond pulsed laser excitation

Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal N. V., Siji Narendran N. K., Shiju E., Vijayakumar S., Chandrasekharan K.

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Proceedings Volume 11060, Optical Methods for Inspection, Characterization, and Imaging of Biomaterials IV; 110601H (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530323
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2019, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles were prepared by pulsed laser ablation technique using a second harmonic wavelength (532 nm) of Q switched Nd:YAG laser of 7 ns pulse width and 10 Hz repetition rates. Formation of Ag NPs was confirmed from characteristic surface Plasmon resonance induced absorption (~418 nm). Spherical shape morphology and crystalline nature of structure were revealed from SEM and TEM analysis. Nonlinear optical studies were conducted by z scan analysis with the same laser system used for ablation. A switching of nonlinear absorption (saturable absorption to reverse saturable absorption) in Ag NPs were observed when on axis input intensity increased from 0.27 GW/cm² to 0.83 GW/cm² and it could be attributed to interplay of different nonlinear absorption mechanisms, that is strongly depends on the intensity of the excitation source. Self-defocusing nature of the sample was revealed from the closed aperture z scan analysis.

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Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal N. V., Siji Narendran N. K., Shiju E., Vijayakumar S., and Chandrasekharan K. "Intensity favored switching of nonlinear optical absorption mechanism in silver nanoparticles under nanosecond pulsed laser excitation", Proc. SPIE 11060, Optical Methods for Inspection, Characterization, and Imaging of Biomaterials IV, 110601H (21 June 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530323

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