Plasmon-enhanced second harmonic generation in semiconductor quantum dots close to metal nanoparticles

<p>We report the enhancement of the optical second harmonic signal in non-centrosymmetric semiconductor CdS quantum dots, when they are placed in close contact with isolated silver nanoparticles. The intensity enhancement is about 1000. We also show that the enhancement increases when the inco...

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Main Authors: Andrea V. Bragas, Catalina von Bilderling, Pablo M. Jais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Papers in Physics 2011-03-01
Series:Papers in Physics
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Online Access:http://www.papersinphysics.org/index.php/papersinphysics/article/view/54/pdf54