Nonlinear Optical Response of Ge Nanocrystals in a Silica Matrix

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1999

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Dowd, A
Elliman, Robert
Samoc, Marek
Luther-Davies, Barry

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American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Abstract

Time-resolved degenerate-four-wave-mixing measurements were used to study the nonlinear optical response (intensity-dependent refractive index) of Ge nanocrystallites embedded in a silica matrix. Nanocrystals were fabricated by ion-implanting silica with

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Keywords: Annealing; Ion implantation; Laser pulses; Nanostructured materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical variables measurement; Quantum theory; Refractive index; Relaxation processes; Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy; Silica; Transmission electron microscopy;

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Applied Physics Letters

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