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Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Response of Resonantly Coupled Silver Nanoparticle–Organic Dye Complexes

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The influence of metal nanoparticles on linear and nonlinear optical properties of surrounding organic molecules has been widely investigated, whereas much less attention has been paid to the influence of molecules on properties of nanoparticles. Here, we employ transient absorption spectroscopy to address the nonlinear optical responses of the resonantly coupled silver nanoparticle–organic dye systems and demonstrate that silver nanoparticles covered with dye molecules show enhanced and spectrally different nonlinear extinction changes from pristine nanoparticles. We identify changes of the plasmon resonance band of nanoparticles induced by excitation of surrounding dye. We attribute these exciton–plasmon coupling effects to the excitation-induced refractive index modifications of the dye layer surrounding a nanoparticle and to the back-transfer of the oscillator strength borrowed by the dye from the nanoparticle.

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S.S. and M.F. acknowledge funding from the Research Council of Lithuania via project No. ТАР LB-12/2015.

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  1. Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Saulėtekio Ave. 3, 10257, Vilnius, LT, Lithuania

    Simona Streckaitė, Marius Franckevičius & Vidmantas Gulbinas

  2. Institute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Baršausko St. 59, 51423, Kaunas, LT, Lithuania

    Domantas Peckus

  3. Department of Quantum Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Ave. 10, 10223, Vilnius, LT, Lithuania

    Kipras Redeckas & Mikas Vengris

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Streckaitė, S., Franckevičius, M., Peckus, D. et al. Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Response of Resonantly Coupled Silver Nanoparticle–Organic Dye Complexes. Plasmonics 13, 749–755 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-017-0568-3

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