&lt;title&gt;Enhanced performance of polymer waveguides by replication and UV patterning in ORMOCER&lt;/title&gt;

Schoenfeld, Doerte; Roesch, Oliver S.; Dannberg, Peter; Braeuer, Andreas H.; Mueller-Fiedler, Roland; Popall, Michael; Buestrich, R.

doi:10.1117/12.284101

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Synthesis and optical properties of silver nanoparticles in ORMOCER

et al. 2012

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Experimental results on synthesis of metal nanoparticles in ORMOCER by ion implantation are presented. Silver ions were implanted into organic/inorganic matrix at an accelerating energy of 30 keV and doses in the range of 0.25 · 10 17 to 0.75 · 10 17 ion/cm 2 . The silver ions form metal nanoparticles, which demonstrate surface plasmon absorption at the wavelength of 425-580 nm. The nonlinear absorption of new composite materials is measured by Z-scan technique using 150 fs laser pulses at 780 nm wavelength. ORMOCER matrix shows two-photon nonlinear absorption, whereas ORMOCER with silver nanoparticles demonstrates saturated absorption. Some optical applications of these composite materials are discussed.Nonlinear optics plays a key role in the implementation and development of many photonics technologies for high-speed optical signal processing. The development of novel nonlinear optical materials with ultrafast time response, high resistance to bulk and surface laser damages, with two-photon and/or saturated absorption, and of course, large optical refractive nonlinearities, is crucial for those technologies. In

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