Abstract
Excited state dynamics in silver nanoparticles embedded in aluminophosphate glass was studied by ultrafast optical pump-probe technique. The absorption process of pump radiation and the electron-phonon relaxation on the 10-13-10-11 s scale were analyzed in the framework of two-temperature model. The time evolution of the light-induced transient diffraction grating shows an uncommon relaxation on the nanosecond time scale. This relaxation is assigned to phonon-phonon scattering process as well as to the energy transfer from photoexcited electronic states in glass matrix to silver nanoparticles.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 821-823 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Luminescence |
Volume | 128 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2008 |
Keywords
- Optical properties
- Phosphate glass
- Silver nanoparticles
- Surface plasmon resonance
- Ultrafast optics