Title :
Four wave mixing propagation in fishnet metamaterials
Author :
Suchowski, Haim ; O´Brien, Kevin ; Wong, Z.J. ; Yin, X. ; Zhang, Xiaobing
Author_Institution :
NSF Nano-scale Sci. & Eng. Center (NSEC), Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the nonlinear propagation in thick optical negative index materials. The ratio of the forward to backward four wave mixing generation was shown to follow the prediction of the phase-matching relations.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical metamaterials; optical phase matching; fishnet metamaterials; four wave mixing propagation; nonlinear propagation; phase-matching relations; thick optical negative index materials; Indexes; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Optical refraction;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA