Wavelength-Dependent Nonlinear Absorption in Platinum Nanoparticles at Off-Resonant Wavelength

Abstract

In order to obtain optical nonlinear materials with high transparency and low propagation loss in the visible and infrared range, noble metal materials in the off-resonant band have become a hot spot in the optical field in recent years. Therefore, the nonlinear absorption characteristics of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) with the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the ultraviolet band were investigated with multi-wavelength (500–700 nm) nanosecond Z-scan technology. The measurement results showed that the SPR wavelength of PtNPs was far away from the excitation wavelength, but there were still the saturated absorption (SA) and the reverse saturated absorption (RSA) phenomena, and the size of nonlinear absorption was related to the excitation wavelength and the excitation energy. When the excitation wavelength was constant, with the increase in excitation energy, PtNPs converted from SA to RSA. When the excitation energy was constant, with the excitation wavelength approaching SPR, PtNPs also converted from SA to RSA. The SA and RSA phenomena in the off-resonant region were complementary to the systematic study of the nonlinearity of PtNPs.