Abstract
Anisotropic and enhanced nonlinear absorption (NLA) has been observed from aligned gold nanorods (GNRs) embedded in a poly(vinyl alcohol) film, which was realized by a stretched-film method. Open-aperture Z-scan experiments revealed that the stretch process enhanced the NLA coefficient by approximately nine times and increased the anisotropic factor of NLA to ∼20. The enhancement in the NLA coefficient reached as high as ∼91 times after increasing the concentration of GNRs by four times and this is attributed to the plasmonic interaction between densely packed GNRs.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 263103 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 26 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
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Li, J., Liu, S., Liu, Y., Zhou, F., & Li, Z. Y. (2010). Anisotropic and enhanced absorptive nonlinearities in a macroscopic film induced by aligned gold nanorods. Applied Physics Letters, 96(26), Article 263103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3458693