TY - GEN
T1 - Enhanced nonlinear effects in metamaterials and plasmonic materials
AU - Argyropoulos, Christos
AU - Alù, Andrea
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this paper, we discuss anomalous and enhanced nonlinear effects available when combining nonlinear optical materials with plasmonic metamaterials. Narrow periodic apertures filled with Kerr nonlinear materials are carved in a plasmonic screen. Large field enhancement confined inside each slit may be obtained, in particular when we operate at the cut-off of this array of plasmonic channels. This ensures a significant boosting of nonlinear optical effects, leading to strong optical bistable performance. New exciting venues for applications are opened with the aforementioned novel nonlinear devices.
AB - In this paper, we discuss anomalous and enhanced nonlinear effects available when combining nonlinear optical materials with plasmonic metamaterials. Narrow periodic apertures filled with Kerr nonlinear materials are carved in a plasmonic screen. Large field enhancement confined inside each slit may be obtained, in particular when we operate at the cut-off of this array of plasmonic channels. This ensures a significant boosting of nonlinear optical effects, leading to strong optical bistable performance. New exciting venues for applications are opened with the aforementioned novel nonlinear devices.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.916551
DO - 10.1117/12.916551
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860359574
SN - 9780819489128
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures II
T2 - Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures II
Y2 - 23 January 2012 through 26 January 2012
ER -