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Optical nonlinear enhancement through interaction between Ag nanoparticles and CdSe quantum dots

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The CdSe/Al2O3/Ag composite films were prepared on quartz glass substrate by magnetron sputtering and spin coating with the CdSe oily quantum dots. The absorption experiments and analysis results show that all of the CdSe quantum dots, Ag films, and Al2O3 contribute to the absorption peak, and the absorption peak of the CdSe/Al2O3/Ag composite films shifts to the ultraviolet region (356 nm). The transmission TZ-scan results illustrate that the nonlinear absorption effect of the CdSe/Al2O3/Ag composite films exhibits reverse-saturated absorption characteristic, and the third-order nonlinear refractive index of the CdSe/Al2O3/Ag composite films is approximately 105 times greater than that of the CdSe quantum dots. With the increase in the CdSe quantum dots concentration, the nonlinear absorption and refraction properties of the CdSe/Al2O3/Ag composite films are enhanced. However, the nonlinear absorption and refractive index of the CdSe/Al2O3/Ag composite films decrease with the increase in sputtering power of Ag. The reverse-saturated absorption characteristic is explained by the three-level system. The composite films could be applied to new optical control fields, for example, optical phase recovery.

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This study was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11504072), the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China (Grant No. F201202), the Scientific Research Foundation of Heilongjiang Provincial Education Department (Grant No. 12541231), Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Material (Ministry of Education) and School of Physics and Electronic Engineering of Harbin Normal University of China.

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    Jia Qu, Donghui Jiang, Kun Liu & Xin Xu

  2. Jinghai Affiliated School of Beijing Normal University, Jinghai, Tianjin, 301600, People’s Republic of China

    Lili Wang

  3. Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150025, People’s Republic of China

    Chengbao Yao & Wenjun Sun

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Qu, J., Jiang, D., Wang, L. et al. Optical nonlinear enhancement through interaction between Ag nanoparticles and CdSe quantum dots. J Mater Sci 54, 8450–8460 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03487-8

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