Synthesis of Silver Nanowires and Investigation of their Optical Limiting Properties

Abstract:

Silver nanowires were fabricated in a direct current electric field using a solid-state ionic method, and were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The reverse saturable absorption and optical limiting properties in silver nanowires, suspended in de-ionized water were investigated by using an EKSPLA (PL2143A) picosecond laser, which produced 30 ps laser pulses at 532 nm with a repetition rate of 2 Hz. Experimental results indicate silver nanowires have obvious optical limiting properties.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 295-297)
• Pages: 152-155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.295-297.152
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Ya Ping Han, Ming Hai Luo, Qing Wen Wang, Jin Xin Wang, Xue Lian Gao
• Keywords: Optical Limiting, Optical Nonlinearity, Reverse Saturable Absorption, Silver Nanowire

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