• DocumentCode
    2117139
  • Title

    Plasmonic enhancement of third order nonlinear optical effects: Figures of merit

  • Author

    Khurgin, Jacob B.

  • Author_Institution
    Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    384
  • Lastpage
    385
  • Abstract
    We describe a rigorous and physically transparent theory of enhancement of third order nonlinear optical processes achieved in plasmonic structures. The results show that while the effective nonlinear index can be enhanced by many orders of magnitude, due to high metal losses the most relevant figure of merit, the amount of phase shift per one absorption length remains very low.
  • Keywords
    absorption coefficients; nonlinear optics; plasmonics; transparency; absorption length; figures of merit; metal losses; nonlinear index; phase shift; physically transparent theory; plasmonic enhancement; third order nonlinear optical effects; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656598
  • Filename
    6656598
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2117139