Title :
Enhanced second harmonic generation in plasmonic nanocavities
Author :
Pu, Ye ; Grange, Rachel ; Hsieh, Chia-Lung ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate significantly enhanced second harmonic generation using nanoengineered plasmonic nanocavities of core-shell structures (BaTiO3/Au). An enhancement factor of over 500 is measured in the second harmonic scattering efficiency compared to the bare core.
Keywords :
barium compounds; gold; nanophotonics; optical harmonic generation; plasmonics; BaTiO3-Au; core shell structures; plasmonic nanocavities; second harmonic generation; second harmonic scattering; Biomedical optical imaging; Frequency conversion; Gold; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Plasmons; Scanning electron microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2