Title :
Nonlocal optical phenomena in metamaterials
Author :
Podolskiy, Viktor A. ; Wells, Brian ; Wurtz, G.A. ; Pollard, R. ; Hendren, W. ; Wiederrecht, G.P. ; Gosztola, D.J. ; Zayats, Anatoly V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate excitation of additional electromagnetic waves in plasmonic nanorod metamaterials. These waves arising from a nonlocal optical response of metamaterial results in strongly enhanced ultrafast nonlinear response.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; metamaterials; nanophotonics; nanorods; nonlinear optics; plasmonics; electromagnetic waves; nonlocal optical phenomena; nonlocal optical response; plasmonic nanorod metamaterials; strongly enhanced ultrafast nonlinear response; Biomedical optical imaging; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Permittivity; Transient analysis; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
