Title :
Plasmonic enhancement of third order nonlinear optical effects: Figures of merit
Author :
Khurgin, Jacob B.
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656598
