TY - GEN
T1 - Temporal soliton propagation and second harmonic generation in epsilon-near-zero plasmonic waveguides
AU - Argyropoulos, Christos
AU - D'Aguanno, Giuseppe
AU - Alu, Andrea
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Metamaterials with near-zero-permittivity (ENZ), or equivalently plasmonic waveguides operated near their cut-off frequency, when loaded with nonlinear materials, may efficiently boost the naturally weak nonlinear optical responses. In general, they can spatially extend the nonlinearity enhancement, producing even larger efficiencies and lower power needs, with a moderate Q-factor of the associated resonance. The effects have been shown to effectively enhance the Kerr (χ(3)) third-order nonlinear susceptibility by several orders of magnitude (C. Argyropoulos et al., Phys. Rev. B 85, 045129, 2012). Moreover, the Purcell factor can also be enhanced at the ENZ operation without the usual restrictions of small volumes and high Q-factor resonances. This may be interesting for future optical nanocircuits and laser designs.
AB - Metamaterials with near-zero-permittivity (ENZ), or equivalently plasmonic waveguides operated near their cut-off frequency, when loaded with nonlinear materials, may efficiently boost the naturally weak nonlinear optical responses. In general, they can spatially extend the nonlinearity enhancement, producing even larger efficiencies and lower power needs, with a moderate Q-factor of the associated resonance. The effects have been shown to effectively enhance the Kerr (χ(3)) third-order nonlinear susceptibility by several orders of magnitude (C. Argyropoulos et al., Phys. Rev. B 85, 045129, 2012). Moreover, the Purcell factor can also be enhanced at the ENZ operation without the usual restrictions of small volumes and high Q-factor resonances. This may be interesting for future optical nanocircuits and laser designs.
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U2 - 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2013.6715435
DO - 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2013.6715435
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894111344
SN - 9781479911295
T3 - 2013 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2013 - Proceedings
SP - 129
BT - 2013 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2013 - Proceedings
T2 - 2013 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2013
Y2 - 7 July 2013 through 13 July 2013
ER -