Towards nonlinear plasmonic devices based on metallic nanorods.
The nonlinear optical properties of gold nanorod arrays have been studied with a two-colour continuously working (CW) pump-probe spectroscopy. The hybridization of the nanorod arrays with a nonlinear polymer (poly-3BCMU) has been investigated for the purposes of active photonic component design. The sensitivity of the plasmonic resonances of the hybrid nanostructured system to pump-induced changes in the refractive index of the polymer surroundings has been used to control the optical extinction of the array. Both reversible and non-reversible behaviour has been observed reflecting the combined effects from the third-order nonlinear response of the hybrid metallo-dielectric system and post-photopolymerization triggered reactions in the polymer.
Dickson
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Centre for Nanostructured Media, IRCEP, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK.
Evans
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Wurtz
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GA
Hendren
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Atkinson
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Pollard
R J
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Zayats
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