• DocumentCode
    689809
  • Title

    Limits of plasmonic enhancement of third order nonlinear optical effects

  • Author

    Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Sun, Guofa

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a rigorous theory to show that while tremendous enhancement of χ(3) can be obtained in nanoplasmonic metamaterials, the overall efficiency remains very small, making them irrelevant for photonic switching and wavelength conversion applications.
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical metamaterials; plasmonics; nanoplasmonic metamaterials; photonic switching applications; photonic wavelength conversion applications; third-order nonlinear optical effects; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834197
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689809