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On Tailoring of Nonlinear Spectral Properties of Nanocomposites Having Maxwell Garnett or Bruggeman Structure

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Nonlinear spectral properties of two different types of conjugated polymers (polythiophene PT10 and polysilane PDHS) with nanoscale TiO2 particles forming a Maxwell Garnett or a Bruggeman composite are studied. According to the present simulations, it is possible both to enhance and to tailor the magnitude and the spectral properties, respectively, of the effective degenerate third-order nonlinear susceptibility of the composite. This is done simply by tuning the volume fraction of TiO2 inclusions and by changing the topology of the composite.

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  1. Department of Physics, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FIN-53851, Lappeenranta, Finland

    Erik M. Vartiainen

  2. Department of Physics, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101, Joensuu, Finland

    Jarkko J. Saarinen & Kai-Erik Peiponen

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Saarinen, J.J., Vartiainen, E.M. & Peiponen, KE. On Tailoring of Nonlinear Spectral Properties of Nanocomposites Having Maxwell Garnett or Bruggeman Structure. OPT REV 10, 111–115 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-003-0111-y

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