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Optical properties of silver nanoplates synthesized by photoinduced method

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Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

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Silver nanoplates were synthesized in aqueous solution by photoinduced chemical reduction method with tungsten lamp as light source. The growth process was analyzed and characterized. The linear absorption spectra showed that, along with the growth process, the surface plasmon resonance of silver seed nanoparticles at 395 nm decreased gradually, while a new plasmon band at 740 nm corresponding to silver nanoplates appeared and increased gradually. Z-scan technique was used to explore the nonlinear optical properties of silver nanoplates. The results displayed that with the reaction time increases from 0 h to 24 h, the value of nonlinear absorption (NLA) coefficient and the value of nonlinear refraction (NLR) index of the products increased from 0 to 3.167 cm/GW and from 0.64×10−4 to 6.83×10−4 cm2/GW, respectively.

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    Xiaofang Wang, Fan Nan, Shan Liang, Li Zhou & Ququan Wang

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Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11174229)

Biography: WANG Xiaofang, female, Master candidate, research direction: nonlinear optics.

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Wang, X., Nan, F., Liang, S. et al. Optical properties of silver nanoplates synthesized by photoinduced method. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 18, 201–206 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11859-013-0915-y

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