Controlled fabrication of silver or gold nanoparticle near-field optical atomic force probes: Enhancement of second-harmonic generation

Inna Barsegova, Aaron Lewis, Artium Khatchatouriants, Alexandra Manevitch, Andrei Ignatov, Noel Axelrod, Chaim Sukenik

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Abstract

A simple method is described for producing silver and gold nanoparticles at the tip of an atomic force microscope sensor. It is shown that these nanoparticles can enhance the nonlinear optical phenomenon of second-harmonic generation of a molecular system such as a styryl dye.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3461-3463
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume81
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Oct 2002

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