Abstract

We report a controllable process of recipitation and dissolution of silver nanoparticles in ultrashort laser pulses irradiated Ag+-doped phosphate glass. Absorption spectra, transmission electron microscopy and refractive index measurement revealed that metallic silver nanoparticles were precipitated in the glass sample after irradiation by an 800-nm femtosecond laser and subsequent annealing at 300 degrees C, and dissolved after further annealing at 450 degrees C. We discuss a mechanism that combines the formation and decoloration of color centers, precipitation and dissolution of silver nanoparticles.

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