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Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Third-Order Nonlinearity of Al Nanoshells in Silica

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Third-order nonlinear optical properties of Al nanoshells in silica were studied by using the Maxwell-Garnett theory. Simulation results reveal that the third-order nonlinearity of composite can be remarkably enhanced near the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Al nanoshells. This enhanced third-order nonlinearity can be achieved in the deep-ultraviolet to near-visible light region by tailoring Al shell thickness. Owing to a phase-shift enhancement of the complex nonlinear refraction induced by Al nanoshells, the composite exhibits a strongly negative nonlinear refraction index n eff near the response frequency despite of the positive nonlinear refractive property of the silica substrate. However, the most strongly negative n eff occurs on the long wavelength side of LSPR, and this deviation becomes larger with decreasing the shell thickness. This has been interpreted by the size-dependent electron surface scattering. Similarly, the nonlinear susceptibility as well as the corresponding figure of merit also exhibits a strong dependence on the shell thickness.

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Authors acknowledge the financial supports from Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 11175129 and 11175235) and Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No. 12JCZDJC 26900).

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  1. School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Guangyi Jia, Changlong Liu & Haitao Dai

  2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparation Technology, Institute of Advanced Materials Physics Faculty of Science, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Changlong Liu

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Jia, G., Liu, C. & Dai, H. Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Third-Order Nonlinearity of Al Nanoshells in Silica. Plasmonics 10, 211–217 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-014-9795-z

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