Issue 71, 2017

Nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles: a review

Abstract

Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) hold great technological promise because of the possibility of engineering their electronic and optical properties through material design. One of the effective methods to fabricate MNPs is ion implantation. In this review, recent results on the nonlinear optical properties of nanoparticles (including copper, silver, gold, and bismuth nanoparticles) doped in various bases have been discussed. Some specific optical nonlinear properties, such as nonlinear refraction, two-photon absorption, and optical limiting, for femtosecond, picosecond, and nanosecond laser pulses have also been covered. In addition to ion implantation, we have summarized several other methods for the preparation of composite materials, and Z-scan has been used to study the nonlinear optical properties of these materials.

Graphical abstract: Nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles: a review

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
09 jul 2017
Accepted
01 sep 2017
First published
21 sep 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 45129-45144

Nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles: a review

Y. Zhang and Y. Wang, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 45129 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA07551K

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