Ultrafast electron dynamics and enhanced optical nonlinearities of CdS-capped Au∕BaTiO3 composite film
Ultrafast electron dynamics and enhanced optical nonlinearities of CdS-capped Au∕BaTiO3 composite film
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DOI:
10.1063/1.2001727
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发表时间:
2005-08
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Yong Yang;M. Nogami;Jianlin Shi;Hangrong Chen;Ye Liu;S. Qian
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作者:
Yong Yang;M. Nogami;Jianlin Shi;Hangrong Chen;Ye Liu;S. Qian
The third-order nonlinear optical responses of gold nanoparticles capped by CdS shells of different thicknesses embedded in BaTiO3 films were investigated by off-resonance femtosecond optical Kerr effect technology at 800nm. The nonlinearities of the Au–CdS core-shell composite nanoparticles exhibit a significant enhancement, compared with their single components, and the χ(3) value apparently increases with the increase in the CdS shell thickness. The electric-field distribution in the composite nanoparticles was calculated using Neeve’s theory [A. E. Neeves and M. H. Birnboim, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6, 787 (1989)] to explain the nonlinear enhancement mechanism, which was mainly attributed to the enhancement of the localized electric field in the CdS shell. The electron relaxation dynamics in the Au–CdS nanoparticles with a core-shell structure were found to be the same as that in pure gold nanoparticle systems using the time-resolved pump-probe technique measured at 800nm.