Abstract
We report on the experimental results of the temporal dynamics and formation of far-field diffraction patterns obtained when a low-intensity laser beam passes through a thin cell with metallic nanocolloids. The steady state structure of the intensity distribution on a distant screen is shown to be formed in a few seconds starting from the moment of laser beam incidence on the colloid and consists of several coaxial bright and dark rings. The ring’s diameter and number are varied depending on the solvent type and optical thickness of the colloid. The diffraction patterns depend also on the particle concentration and laser power. The theoretical interpretation of the observable peculiarities of diffraction pattern dynamics is carried out based on the free-space Kirchhoff diffraction integral and the analytical solution of the heat transfer equation for a light absorbing medium.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
I. V. Kavetskaya, T. V. Voloshina, V. A. Kapavanskii, and V. I. Krasovskii, “Optic Properties of Gold Nanoparticles,” Kondens. Sredy Mezhfazn. Granitsy 11(1), 53–57 (2009).
R. A. Ganeev, A. I. Ryasnyansky, Sh. R. Kamalov, M. K. Kodirov, and T. Usmanov, “Nonlinear Susceptibilities, Absorption Coefficients and Refractive Indices of Colloidal Metals,” J. Phys. D 34, 1602–1611 (2001).
D. Pan, A. Senpan, S. D. Caruthers, T. A. Williams, M. J. Scott, P. J. Gaffney, S. A. Wickline, and J. M. Lamza, “Sensitive and Efficient Detection of Thrombus with Fibrin-Specific Manganese Nanocolloids,” Chem. Commun., No. 22, 3234–3236 (2009).
D. Erickson, S. Mandal, A. H. J. Yang, and B. Cordovez, “Nanobiosensors: Optofluidic, Electrical and Mechanical Approaches to Biomolecular Detection at the Nanoscale,” Microfluid Nanofluid. 4(1–2), 33–52 (2008).
D. Lapotko, “Optical Excitation and Detection of Vapor Bubbles Around Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Opt. Express. 17, 2538–2556 (2009).
M. Righini, C. Girard, and R. Quidant, “Light-Induced Manipulation with Surface Plasmons,” J. Opt. A 10, 093001 (2008).
Y.-Z. Yoon and P. Cicuta, “Optical Trapping of Colloidal Particles and Cells by Focused Evanescent Fields Using Conical Lenses,” Opt. Express 18, 7076–7084 (2010).
A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzik, and P. W. Smith, “Continuous-Wave Self-Focusing and Self-Trapping of Light in Artificial Kerr Media,” Opt. Lett. 7, 276–278 (1982).
V. E. Yashin, S. A. Chizhov, R. L. Sabirov, T. V. Starchikova, N. V. Vysotina, N. N. Rozanov, V. E. Semenov, V. A. Smirnov, and S. V. Fedorov, “Formation of Soliton-Like Light Beams in an Aqueous Suspension of Polystyrene Particles,” Opt. Spektrosk. 98, 511–514 (2005) [Opt. Spectrosc. 98, 466 (2005)].
R. S. Conroy, B. T. Mayers, D. V. Vezenov, D. B. Wolfe, M. G. Prentiss, and G. M. Whitesides, “Optical Waveguiding in Suspensions of Dielectric Particles,” App. Opt. 44, 7853–7857 (2005).
R. Driben, A. Husakou, and J. Herrmann, “Supercontinuum Generation in Aqueous Colloids Containing Silver Nanoparticles,” Opt. Lett. 34, 2132–2134 (2009).
L. Deng, K. He, T. Zhou, and C. Li, “Formation and Evolution of Far-Field Diffraction Patterns of Divergent and Convergent Gaussian Beams Passing through Self-Focusing and Self-Defocusing Media,” J. Opt. A 7, 409–415 (2005).
C. M. Nascimento, M. Alencar, S. Chavez-Cerda, M. Silva, M. R. Meneghetti, and J. M. Hickmann, “Experimental Demonstration of Novel Effects on the Far-Field Diffraction Patterns of a Gaussian Beam in a Kerr Medium,” J. Opt. A 8, 947–951 (2006).
Z. Mao, L. Qiao, F. He, Y. Liao, C. Wang, and Y. Cheng, “Thermal-Induced Nonlinear Optical Characteristics of Ethanol Solution Doped with Silver Nanoparticles,” Chin. Opt. Lett. 7, 949–952 (2009).
H. Ono and N. Kawatsuki, “Controllable Optical Intensity Limiting of a He-Ne Laser with Host-Guest Liquid Crystals,” Opt. Commun. 139, 60–62 (1997).
J. P. Gordon, R. C. Leite, R. S. Moore, P. S. Porto, and J. R. Winnery, “Long-Transient Effects in Lasers with Inserted Liquid Samples,” J. Appl. Phys. 36, 3–8 (1965).
S. D. Durbin, S. M. Arakelian, and Y. R. Shen, “Laser-Induced Diffraction Rings from a Nematic-Liquid-Crystal Film,” Opt. Lett. 6, 411–413 (1981).
S. A. Akhmanov and S. Yu. Nikitin, Physical Optics, the School-Book (MGU-Nauka, Moscow, 2004) [in Russian].
R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, 2nd ed. (Academic, London, 2003).
M. Born and E. Wolf, The Principles of Optics (Nauka, Moscow, 1970; 6th ed., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, 1999).
S. K. Mandal, R. K. Roy, and A. K. Pal, “Surface Plasmon Resonance in Nanocrystalline Silver Particles Embedded in SiO2 Matrix,” J. Phys. D 35, 2198–2205 (2002).
Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, Vol. II, Ed. by E. D. Palik (Elsevier Science, San Diego, 1998).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Original Russian Text © Yu.E. Geints, V.A. Donchenko, Al.A. Zemlyanov, N.S. Panamarev, 2011, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Geints, Y.E., Donchenko, V.A., Zemlyanov, A.A. et al. Far-field temporal dynamics of a laser beam passed through a thin nanocolloidal layer. Atmos Ocean Opt 24, 338–346 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856011040075
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856011040075