Title :
All-optical-field-induced second-harmonic generation
Author :
Davidson, Roderick B. ; Yanchenko, Anna ; Ziegler, Jed ; Avanesyan, Sergey M. ; Haglund, Richard F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Interferometric pump-probe spectroscopy is used to demonstrate all-optical second-harmonic generation from a polymer dielectric in a serrated nanogap structure. Strong optical frequency electric-fields from surface plasmons create ultrafast controllable nonlinear light pulses.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical harmonic generation; optical polymers; optical pumping; surface plasmons; Interferometric pump-probe spectroscopy; all-optical-field-induced second-harmonic generation; optical frequency electric-fields; polymer dielectrics; serrated nanogap structure; surface plasmons; ultrafast controllable nonlinear light pulses; Interference; Marine vehicles; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Plasmons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
