Gold-dispersed SrTiO
3 thin films were prepared by the r. f. magnetron sputtering method. The as-deposited films were heat-treated in air at temperatures ranging from 700 to 900°C for 1h. The optical properties of the films were compared with those of gold-dispersed BaTiO
3 and gold-dispersed SiO
2 thin films, which were prepared by the same procedure as gold-dispersed SrTiO
3 thin films. The SrTiO
3 matrix crystallized at temperatures above 700°C and fine gold particles became coarse between 800 and 900°C. For the SrTiO
3 matrix, the peak position of the surface plasmon resonance of gold particles shifted toward the longer wavelength as the volume fraction of gold and heat treatment temperature increased. The changes of the absorption peak position of the gold-dispersed SrTiO
3 thin films were similar to those of gold-dispersed BaTiO
3 thin films. Nonlinear optical property of these films was measured by the degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) method at 532 nm using a Q-switched Nd: YAG laser with 7-ns pulse duration. The values of
x(3)/α
532 of the gold-dispersed SrTiO
3 thin films were ten times larger than those of the gold-dispersed SiO
2 thin films. In the case of SiO
2 matrix, enlargement of
x(3)/α
532 in accordance with enlargement of particle size of gold originate from an increase of
f1 due to decreasing ε
m″ of gold particles. On the other hand, for the SrTiO
3 and BaTiO
3 matrices, refractive indices of the matrices increase with increasing heat treatment temperature. The enlargement of refractive index (
ns) or dielectric constant (ε
f) of the films attribute to the enlargement of
x(3)/α
532 of gold-dispersed SrTiO
3 and BaTiO
3 thin films besides the enlargement of particle size of gold. In contrast, the nonlinear susceptibility of the gold particles,
xm(3), in the gold-dispersed SrTiO
3 and BaTiO
3 thin films decreased with increasing mean particle size.
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