Saturable absorption in gold implanted fused silica

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• 作者：Binita Ghosh ; Purushottam Chakraborty ; B. Sundaravel ; C. Vijayan
• 关键词：Ion implantation ; Non-linear optics ; Metal nanocluster ; Z-scan
• 刊名：Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B ; Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
• 出版年：2008
• 期刊代码：42_0168583x
• 类别：ph
• 出版时间：April 2008
• 卷：266
• 期：8
• 页码：1356-1361
• 文件大小：210 K

摘要

Metal nanocluster composite glasses (MNCGs) have been the subject of both experimental and theoretical investigation because of their peculiar optical properties. In particular, the enhanced third order optical nonlinearity could be exploited in the all-optical switching device technology. In the present work, we present some results on MNCG films prepared by ion implantation. Fused silica were implanted with Au⁺ of fluences 3 × 10¹⁶ and 1 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm² using an energy of 1.5 MeV. Optical absorption spectra of these samples have revealed prominent linear absorption bands at characteristic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) wavelength at and around 490 nm. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) measurements reveal a Gaussian spatial distribution of Au ions. Third order optical nonlinear properties were studied by the Z-scan technique using a nanosecond laser. Z-scan measurements on the metal nanoclusters glass composites have revealed saturable absorption signifying the nonlinear responses.