• DocumentCode
    3688264
  • Title

    Flat nonlinear optics: Efficient frequency conversion in ultrathin nonlinear metasurfaces

  • Author

    J. Lee;N. Nookala;M. Tymchenko;J. S. Gomez-Diaz;A. Alu;M.A. Belkin;F. Demmerle;G. Boehm;M.-C. Amann

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    559
  • Lastpage
    560
  • Abstract
    We report highly-nonlinear ultrathin metasurfaces based on coupling of plasmonic nanoresonators with intersubband nonlinearities. Nonlinear susceptibilities over 1×106 pm/V and conversion efficiencies ~0.1% were measured for second harmonic generation in mid-infrared for 10 kW/cm2 input intensity. Complete phase control of local nonlinear response is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    "Frequency conversion","Quantum well devices","Nonlinear optics","Plasmons","Optical harmonic generation","Optical imaging","Optical polarization"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323712
  • Filename
    7323712