Departmental Papers (BE)

Title

Classical Theory of Optical Nonlinearity in Conducting Nanoparticles

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

February 2008

Comments

Copyright American Physical Society. Reprinted from Physical Review Letters, Volume 100, Article 047402, January 2008, 4 pages.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.047402

Abstract

We develop a classical theory of electron confinement in conducting nanoparticles. The theory is used to compute the nonlinear optical response of the nanoparticle to a harmonic external field.

Keywords

optical properties of nanocrystals and nanoparticles, relaxation oscillations and long pulse operation of lasers, dynamics of nonlinear optical systems, high-field transport and nonlinear effects (semiconductors/insulators)

Date Posted: 20 March 2008

This document has been peer reviewed.