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Nonlinear laser absorption over a dielectric embedded with nanorods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2019

Soni Sharma  and
A. Vijay
Soni Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, GLA University, Mathura-281406, India
A. Vijay*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, GLA University, Mathura-281406, India
*
Author for correspondence: A. Vijay, Department of Physics, GLA University, Mathura-281406, India. E-mail: anujvijay@gmail.com
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Abstract

An analytical formalism of laser absorption in a nanorod embedded dielectric surface has been developed. Nanorods lie in the plane of the dielectric, in the form of a planar array. A laser, impinged on them with an electric field perpendicular to the lengths of the nanorods, imparts oscillatory velocity to nanorod electrons. As the free electrons of a nanorod are displaced, a space charge field is developed in the nanorod that exerts restoration force on the electrons and their drift velocity shows a resonance at ${\rm \omega} = {\rm \omega} _{\rm p}/\sqrt 2 $, where ωp denotes the plasma frequency of free electrons inside the nanorod. It is inhibited by collisions and nanorod expansion. At the resonance, the electrons are efficiently heated by the laser and laser energy is strongly absorbed, resulting in significant reduction in laser transmissivity. The transmissivity decreases with laser intensity.

Keywords

Dielectric surfacelaser absorptionnanorodsplasma frequency
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 381 - 385
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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