Excited state dynamics in silver nanoparticles embedded in phosphate glass

被引:10
作者
Lysenko, S. [1 ]
Jimenez, J. [1 ]
Vikhnin, V. [1 ]
Liu, H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Phys, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA
关键词
silver nanoparticles; phosphate glass; surface plasmon resonance; optical properties; ultrafast optics;
D O I
10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.12.013
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Excited state dynamics in silver nanoparticles embedded in aluminophosphate glass was studied by ultrafast optical pump-probe technique. The absorption process of pump radiation and the electron-phonon relaxation on the 10(-13)-10(-11) s scale were analyzed in the framework of two-temperature model. The time evolution of the light-induced transient diffraction grating shows an uncommon relaxation on the nanosecond time scale. This relaxation is assigned to phonon-phonon scattering process as well as to the energy transfer from photoexcited electronic states in glass matrix to silver nanoparticles. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:3
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