Effective high-order susceptibilities in composites containing ellipsoidal nanoparticles and nanoshells

nonlinear optics
Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference, LT2A.9 (2012)
Authors

Anderson M. Amaral

Edilson L. Falcão-Filho

Cid B. de Araújo

Published

January 1, 2012

Doi

Anderson M. Amaral, Edilson L. Falcão-Filho, and Cid B. de Araújo

DOI: 10.1364/LAOP.2012.LT2A.9

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Abstract

Expressions for the effective nonlinear susceptibilities are derived for nanocomposites containing ellipsoidal nanoparticles and nanoshells. The intrinsic third- and fifth-order contributions are considered for the nanoinclusions. The field enhancement is determined for silver particles.