DocumentCode
732688
Title
Large and ultrafast nonlinear absorption of an air/gold plasmonic waveguide
Author
Baron, A. ; Hoang, Thang B. ; Chao Fang ; Mikkelsen, Maiken H. ; Smith, David R.
Author_Institution
Center for Metamaterials & Integrated Plasmonics, Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We investigate theoretically and experimentally the nonlinear propagation of surface plasmons on an air/gold interface which reveals large and ultrafast (~100 fs) self-induced absorption. The experiment enables a direct measurement of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility.
Keywords
air; gold; high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical variables measurement; optical waveguides; plasmonics; surface plasmons; Au; air-gold plasmonic waveguide; surface plasmons; third-order nonlinear susceptibility measurement; ultrafast nonlinear absorption; ultrafast self-induced absorption; Absorption; Gold; Nonlinear optics; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Power generation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183124
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