TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear-optical switching in gold nanoparticles driven by magneto-optical effects exhibited by carbon nanotubes
AU - García-Merino, J. A.
AU - Martínez-González, C. L.
AU - Trejo-Valdez, M.
AU - Martínez-Gutiérrez, H.
AU - Torres-Torres, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/8/15
Y1 - 2018/8/15
N2 - Herein is addresses the application of attractive and large magnetization of carbon nanotubes for modulating optical signals. A cascade system based on multiwall carbon nanotubes in thin film form and Au nanoparticles embedded in a TiO2 thin solid film were combined to achieve a nonlinear magneto-optical switching action. An all-optical switching device rising from an optical Kerr effect in the second stage is proposed to transmit a magneto-optical signal from the first stage. Multiwall carbon nanotubes with large magnetic sensitivity were incorporated in the arm of a Michelson interferometer to promote a change in the refractive index due to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The Michelson interferometer was monitoring magneto-optical processes by a 532 nm wavelength. The second stage was recorded with a 532 nm nanosecond two-wave mixing configuration testing Au nanoparticles embedded in a TiO2 thin film. The development of simultaneous all-optical and magneto-optical systems is attractive since multifunctional quantum operations can be contemplated to be performed in low-dimensional platforms. In this paper is proposed a switching device that exploits interferometry for detecting magnetic signals and optical Kerr gating with the advantages of distinct nanostructures.
AB - Herein is addresses the application of attractive and large magnetization of carbon nanotubes for modulating optical signals. A cascade system based on multiwall carbon nanotubes in thin film form and Au nanoparticles embedded in a TiO2 thin solid film were combined to achieve a nonlinear magneto-optical switching action. An all-optical switching device rising from an optical Kerr effect in the second stage is proposed to transmit a magneto-optical signal from the first stage. Multiwall carbon nanotubes with large magnetic sensitivity were incorporated in the arm of a Michelson interferometer to promote a change in the refractive index due to the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The Michelson interferometer was monitoring magneto-optical processes by a 532 nm wavelength. The second stage was recorded with a 532 nm nanosecond two-wave mixing configuration testing Au nanoparticles embedded in a TiO2 thin film. The development of simultaneous all-optical and magneto-optical systems is attractive since multifunctional quantum operations can be contemplated to be performed in low-dimensional platforms. In this paper is proposed a switching device that exploits interferometry for detecting magnetic signals and optical Kerr gating with the advantages of distinct nanostructures.
KW - Michelson interferometer
KW - Nano-sensors
KW - Optical Kerr effect
KW - Plasmonic nanoparticles
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sna.2018.06.033
DO - 10.1016/j.sna.2018.06.033
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 279
SP - 248
EP - 253
JO - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
ER -