Nonlinear optics at the nanoscale

Author

Sibilia, C. ; Centini, M. ; Benedetti, A.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Energetica, Univ. "La Sapienza " di Roma, Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We report on recently achieved theoretical and experimental results concerning nonlinear optical effects in micro and nano structures. We considered second order nonlinearities mainly focusing on second harmonic generation and entangled photon pairs emission by spontaneous parametric down conversion. Different geometries have been investigated: multilayer dielectric stacks, metallo-dielectric stacks, self assembled gold nanowires and gold nanoantennas.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; optical multilayers; quantum entanglement; spontaneous emission; entangled photon pairs emission; gold nanoantennas; metallo-dielectric stacks; microstructures; multilayer dielectric stacks; nanostructures; nonlinear optical effects; second harmonic generation; second order nonlinearities; self assembled gold nanowires; spontaneous parametric down conversion; Dielectric substrates; Gold; Nanowires; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical surface waves; Self-assembly; Surface morphology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549041

Filename

5549041