Optomechanical nonlinearity and bistability in dielectric metamaterials

Author

Jianfa Zhang ; MacDonald, K.F. ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Optical forces are extremely important in mesoscopic systems: they are increasingly exploited in various forms of optical tweezing, manipulation and binding, as well as for actuation of nanophotonic devices [1]. Here we introduce optomechanical dielectric metamaterials - a new paradigm for achieving strongly nonlinear, asymmetric and bistable optical properties via the mutual interaction of optical and mechanical responses to low intensity illumination.

Keywords

dielectric materials; mesoscopic systems; optical bistability; optical metamaterials; radiation pressure; asymmetric optical properties; bistable optical properties; dielectric metamaterials; low intensity illumination; mechanical response; mesoscopic systems; nanophotonic devices; optical forces; optical tweezing; optomechanical bistability; optomechanical nonlinearity; Dielectrics; Metamaterials; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical bistability; Photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801802

Filename

6801802