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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
