Title :
Nonlinear refraction and absorption in highly transmissive one-dimensional metal-organic photonic bandgap structures
Author :
Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek ; Padilha, Lazaro A. ; Owens, Daniel ; Tseng, Shuo-Yen ; Webster, Scott ; Cho, Jian-Yang ; Hagan, David J. ; VanStrylan, Eric W. ; Marder, Seth R. ; Kippelen, Bernard
Author_Institution :
Center for Org. Photonics & Electron., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
We report on the optical properties of a metal-organic photonic bandgap structure showing a peak transmission ~44% and that enhances the nonlinear optical properties of bulk Copper by up to an order of magnitude.
Keywords :
copper; nonlinear optics; optical materials; organic compounds; photonic band gap; refractive index; metal-organic photonic bandgap structure; nonlinear absorption; nonlinear optical properties; nonlinear refraction; transmissive bandgap structure; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic band gap; Polymers; Thickness measurement; Ultrafast optics; (160.3900) Metals; (160.4330)Nonlinear optical materials; (160.5293)Photonic bandgap materials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
