Abstract
The optical nonlinearities of a Au nanoparticle array were determined by performing Z-scan measurements with a femtosecond laser (, ). As the exciting energy increased, the nonlinear absorption of the Au nanoparticle array changed from reverse-saturable absorption to saturable absorption, while the nonlinear refraction changed from self-defocusing to self-focusing, which implies competition between ground-state bleaching and two-photon absorption. One- and two-photon figures of merit of and , respectively, were obtained that satisfy the demand, and , for all-optical switching.
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