Single KTiOPO4 nanocrystals for nonlinear probing of local optical fields and interaction with a metallic nanostructure

Author

Xuan, L. Le ; Slablab, A. ; Zhou, C. ; Chauvat, D. ; Wilde, Y. De ; Perruchas, S. ; Tard, C. ; Gacoin, T. ; Villeval, P. ; Roch, J.-F.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Photonique Quantique et Moleculaire, ENS de Cachan, Cachan, France

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We isolate nonlinear KTiOPO4 (KTP) nanocrystals and study them by second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). With both polarization analysis and defocused imaging of the emitted second harmonic field, we extract the Euler angles of the crystalline axes of a single nanocrystal. The nonlinear features and photostability of a single KTP nanocrystal make it a good candidate for a vectorial probe of electromagnetic near-fields and coherent imaging.

Keywords

atomic force microscopy; gold; nanostructured materials; potassium compounds; titanium compounds; Au; KTiOPO₄; atomic force microscopy; local optical fields; metallic nanostructure; nanocrystals; photostability; second harmonic field; second-harmonic generation; Atomic force microscopy; Nanobioscience; Nanocrystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical imaging; Probes; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192089

Filename

5192089