Giant Kerr response of ultrathin gold films from quantum size effect
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.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13153 |