Long Distance Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Properties Using Low Concentration of Plasmonic Nanostructures in Dye Doped Monolithic Sol–Gel Materials
Abstract
Monolithic sol–gel silica composites incorporating platinum‐based chromophores and various types of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are prepared and polished to high optical quality. Their photophysical properties are investigated. The glass materials show well‐defined localized surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorbance from the visible to NIR. No redshifts of the AuNP plasmon absorption peaks due to the increase in nanoparticle doping concentration are observed in the glasses, proving that no or very small SPR coupling effects occur between the AuNPs. At 600 nm excitation, but not at 532 nm, the AuNPs improve the nonlinear absorption performance of glasses codoped with 50 × 10−3 m of a Pt‐acetylide chromophore. The glasses doped with lower concentrations of AuNPs (2–5 μm average distance) and 50 × 10−3 m in chromophore, show a marked improvement in nonlinear absorption, with no or only small improvement for the more highly AuNP doped glasses. This study shows the importance of excitation wavelength and nanoparticle concentration for composite systems employing AuNPs to improve two‐photon absorption of chromophores.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 31, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1002/adfm.201601646
Entities
People
- Adrien Liotta
- Ali A. G. El‐amay
- Cesar Lopes
- Denis Chateau
- Douglas Krein
- Frederic Chaput
- Frederic Lerouge
- Hampus Lundén
- Mikael Lindgren
- Stephane Parola
- Thomas M Cooper
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- University of Lyon