• DocumentCode
    689202
  • Title

    Second-order nonlinear processes using gap plasmon-polaritons

  • Author

    Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Sun, Guofa

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that using metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides to carry out various second-order nonlinear optical processes not only provides highly desired tight optical confinement but also facilitates the phase-matching due to their inherently large anisotropy.
  • Keywords
    MIM devices; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; MIM; gap plasmon-polaritons; large anisotropy; metal-insulator-metal waveguides; optical confinement; phase matching; second harmonic generation; second-order nonlinear processes; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833584