Metal-nanocluster composites made by ion implantation: a novel third-order nonlinear material

Richard F. Haglund Jr.; Li Yang; Robert H. Magruder III; Klaus Becker; J. E. Wittig; C. Woody White; Ray A. Zuhr; Lena Yang; Robert R. Alfano

doi:10.1117/12.148461

23 July 1993 Metal-nanocluster composites made by ion implantation: a novel third-order nonlinear material

Richard F. Haglund Jr., Li Yang, Robert H. Magruder III, Klaus Becker, J. E. Wittig, C. Woody White, Ray A. Zuhr, Lena Yang, Robert R. Alfano

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Proceedings Volume 1852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Advanced Materials; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148461
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe our recent studies of metal-insulator nanocluster composites made by ion implantation in such substrates as glass and sapphire. The metal clusters have diameters ranging from 3 to 30 nm. The composites exhibit an electronic nonlinear optical response which is fast on the picosecond time scale. In addition to their evident possibilities for technological application, these materials also offer an unprecedented way of studying unusual properties of composite materials, such as the quantum confinement of conduction-band electrons and the transverse relaxation time T₂ as a function of cluster size.

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Richard F. Haglund Jr., Li Yang, Robert H. Magruder III, Klaus Becker, J. E. Wittig, C. Woody White, Ray A. Zuhr, Lena Yang, and Robert R. Alfano "Metal-nanocluster composites made by ion implantation: a novel third-order nonlinear material", Proc. SPIE 1852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Advanced Materials, (23 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148461

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