Title :
Large and ultrafast nonlinear absorption of an air/gold plasmonic waveguide
Author :
Baron, A. ; Hoang, Thang B. ; Chao Fang ; Mikkelsen, Maiken H. ; Smith, David R.
Author_Institution :
Center for Metamaterials & Integrated Plasmonics, Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
We investigate theoretically and experimentally the nonlinear propagation of surface plasmons on an air/gold interface which reveals large and ultrafast (~100 fs) self-induced absorption. The experiment enables a direct measurement of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility.
Keywords :
air; gold; high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical variables measurement; optical waveguides; plasmonics; surface plasmons; Au; air-gold plasmonic waveguide; surface plasmons; third-order nonlinear susceptibility measurement; ultrafast nonlinear absorption; ultrafast self-induced absorption; Absorption; Gold; Nonlinear optics; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
