DocumentCode
733091
Title
Quantum nanoantennas for making nonlinear and self-modulatable metasurface
Author
Pai-Yen Chen ; Farhat, Mohamed
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We investigate the plasmonic nanodipole antenna with sub-microscopic nanogap. Relevant quantum conductivities, including both linear and nonlinear components, are observed due to the photon-assisted quantum tunneling, realizing optical nano-radiators with enhanced amplitude and frequency modulations.
Keywords
amplitude modulation; antennas; frequency modulation; nanophotonics; optical metamaterials; optical modulation; plasmonics; quantum optics; tunnelling; enhanced amplitude modulation; enhanced frequency modulation; nonlinear metasurface; optical nanoradiators; photon-assisted quantum tunneling; plasmonic nanodipole antenna; quantum conductivities; quantum nanoantennas; self-modulatable metasurface; submicroscopic nanogap; Conductivity; Electron optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical reflection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183528
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