TY - JOUR
T1 - High-Harmonic Optical Vortex Generation from Photonic Bound States in the Continuum
AU - Kang, Lei
AU - Wu, Yuhao
AU - Ma, Xuezhi
AU - Lan, Shoufeng
AU - Werner, Douglas H.
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© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH
PY - 2022/1/4
Y1 - 2022/1/4
N2 - Stemming from bound states in the continuum (BICs), momentum-space polarization vortices observed in photonic structures provide an attractive approach to generating optical vortex (OV) beams. On the other hand, dominated by the selection rules, the harmonic generation from nanostructures exhibits a nonlinear geometric phase that depends on both the harmonic orders and the handedness of circularly polarized harmonic signals. Here, the third- and fifth-harmonic optical vortex generation from an amorphous silicon photonic crystal slab, supporting the guided resonance associated with BICs at near infrared wavelengths, is numerically demonstrated. The results show that, determined by the nonlinearity phase, the topological charge (lnω) associated with the nth-harmonic OV beams follows σ(n∓1)q, where q is the polarization charge of the BIC and the ∓ sign represents the opposite or same polarization of the nth-harmonic signal relative to the circular polarization state (σ) of the fundamental waves. Exploiting harmonic multiplexing, this approach can significantly improve the channel capacity of OV generators based on topologically protected optical BICs.
AB - Stemming from bound states in the continuum (BICs), momentum-space polarization vortices observed in photonic structures provide an attractive approach to generating optical vortex (OV) beams. On the other hand, dominated by the selection rules, the harmonic generation from nanostructures exhibits a nonlinear geometric phase that depends on both the harmonic orders and the handedness of circularly polarized harmonic signals. Here, the third- and fifth-harmonic optical vortex generation from an amorphous silicon photonic crystal slab, supporting the guided resonance associated with BICs at near infrared wavelengths, is numerically demonstrated. The results show that, determined by the nonlinearity phase, the topological charge (lnω) associated with the nth-harmonic OV beams follows σ(n∓1)q, where q is the polarization charge of the BIC and the ∓ sign represents the opposite or same polarization of the nth-harmonic signal relative to the circular polarization state (σ) of the fundamental waves. Exploiting harmonic multiplexing, this approach can significantly improve the channel capacity of OV generators based on topologically protected optical BICs.
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U2 - 10.1002/adom.202101497
DO - 10.1002/adom.202101497
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118201357
SN - 2195-1071
VL - 10
JO - Advanced Optical Materials
JF - Advanced Optical Materials
IS - 1
M1 - 2101497
ER -