• DocumentCode
    732690
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183126