Title :
Carbon nanotubes in a photonic metamaterial: Giant ultrafast nonlinearity through plasmon-exciton coupling
Author :
Nikolaenko, Andrey E. ; De Angelis, Francesco ; Boden, Stuart A. ; Papasimakis, Nikitas ; Ashburn, Peter ; Di Fabrizio, Enzo ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate that a combination of carbon nanotubes with metamaterial offers a new paradigm for the development of a media with exceptionally strong ultrafast near-infrared nonlinear optical response which can be controlled by metamaterial design.
Keywords :
Biomembranes; Carbon nanotubes; Couplings; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical films; Plasmons; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
