Cascade integration of nonlinear phenomena exhibited by monometallic nanoparticles

Abstract

In this work were numerically analyzed the third-order nonlinear optical effects exhibited by combinations of uncoupled monometallic silver, gold and platinum nanoparticles. The nanosystems were considered to be homogeneous and surrounded by a dielectric matrix. The design of the nanostructures was evaluated as a collective behavior resulting from the specific order of the set in trilayer tandem form. The characteristic Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance phenomena in the yellow, green and ultraviolet absorption bands for the Ag, Au and Pt; respectively, were considered. Different permutations of the three kind of monometallic elements selected in sequence were studied by using the wave equation and the finite difference method. Immediate indications useful for exploring nonlinear nanodevices and for building up nanostructured platforms based on nanoscale functions can be anticipated from this work.