Giant Kerr response of ultrathin gold films from quantum size effect

Haoliang Qian; Yuzhe Xiao; Zhaowei Liu

doi:10.1038/ncomms13153

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Giant Kerr response of ultrathin gold films from quantum size effect

Haoliang Qian,
Yuzhe Xiao,
Zhaowei Liu

Affiliations

Haoliang Qian: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California
Yuzhe Xiao: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California
Zhaowei Liu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13153
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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When plasmonic structures reach the nanoscale, quantum size effects become important for their optical properties. Here, Qian et al. find a giant third-order nonlinear Kerr response from nanometre thick gold quantum wells, which they attribute to quantum size effects.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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