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Near infrared nonlinearity in silver telluride-core/carbon-sheath and tellurium-core/carbon-sheath nanostructures synthesized by reduction carbonization approach

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A reduction-carbonization approach for the formation of one-dimensional (1D) silver telluride nanocables and tellurium nanorods with a sheath of amorphous carbon are proposed. Here the carbon shell is obtained with the assistance of glucose which behaves as carbonizing agent; silver nitrate and sodium tellurite are utilized as precursors and ethylene glycol acts as reducing agent. The results demonstrate the Ag2Te/C and Te/C nanostructures with average diameters of 150 and 100 nm, respectively. The crystal structures, morphology, and composition are studied using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy characterizations. The formation mechanism of amorphous carbon sheath and finally core–shell nanostructures is elaborated on the basis of the experimental results. In addition, nonlinear absorption and refraction coefficients along with 3rd order nonlinear optical properties are investigated by open/closed-aperture Z-scan measurements using femtosecond pulse laser at 800 nm in a systematic way. This study provides a guide to the nonlinear properties, which may hold promise as advanced materials for various applications.

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This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61275201), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. NCET-10-0261), the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications), P. R. China, and the Open Program of State Key Lab on integrated Optoelectronics, P. R. China.

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    Saima Manzoor, Yumin Liu & Zhongyuan Yu

  2. School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Xitucheng Road No.10, P. O. Box 72, Beijing, 100876, China

    Xiuli Fu & Guijun Ban

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Manzoor, S., Liu, Y., Fu, X. et al. Near infrared nonlinearity in silver telluride-core/carbon-sheath and tellurium-core/carbon-sheath nanostructures synthesized by reduction carbonization approach. J Mater Sci 49, 6892–6899 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8391-0

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