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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Hans D. Robinson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
James R. Heflin, Jr., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Richey M. Davis, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Hans D. Robinson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
James R. Heflin, Jr., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Richey M. Davis, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A non-linear optical material comprising a plurality of non-centrosymmetric nanoparticles juxtaposed to non-linear optical (NLO) film at a localized surface Plasmon resonance (LSPR) of the nanoparticles. The LSPR is resonant at a wavelength of an incident light source, wherein a second-order non-linear susceptibility (χ(2)) of the NLO film with respect to the incident light is enhanced by the juxtaposition to the LSPR of the nanoparticles. The non-linear optical material lacks global inversion symmetry.