title: How to measure chi(3) of a nanoparticle.
abstract: Most of the known methods to measure the nonlinear optical properties of materials deal with the bulk properties, but there are many demanding applications that require those measurements to be done on a single particle or a single molecule. We report a novel application of nonlinear optics to measure the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of nanoparticles in solutions. By measuring the power of the third harmonic generated in a diluted solution of nanoparticles, both the size and chi(3) can be extracted from a simple set of measurements.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK. vis@orc.soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Vladislav I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shcheslavskiy
authors.forename: Solomon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Saltiel
authors.forename: Alexey R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Faustov
authors.forename: Georgi I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: Vladislav V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003461:Crystallography / Q000379:methods*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity