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  1. We have studied poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films doped with rhodamine 6G and rhodamine B laser dyes as potential nonlinear material components for nanophotonics. For both dyes, the optimal concentrations, at which the emission excited via the two-photon-absorption (TPA) process is maximized, have been determined. Despite relatively large values of TPA cross sections obtained in this study, the characteristic pumping densities needed to observe pronounced nonlinear effects substantially exceed the laser damage threshold for Au or alternative plasmonic materials. This makes the studied laser dyes unsuitable for some of the intended nanophotonics applications. 
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  2. We fabricated and experimentally studied Au nano-foams and Al2O3 scaffolds filled with Au nanoparticles (NPs). We found that while the reflectance spectra of Au nano-foams depended very little on the 8-10 nm Al2O3 ALD coating, the spectra were highly sensitive to annealing, which increased the sizes of voids and ligaments from 50-100 nm to ∼300 nm. The effective dielectric permittivities of the Au nano-foams and Al2O3 scaffolds with Au NPs were extremely high, ∼50. At the same time, Au nano-foams covered with a dielectric (MgF2) featured bright structural colors, calling for the model, which extends beyond the effective medium approximation. 
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