Title :
Towards unraveling the mechanism of third harmonic generation in plasmonic nanoantennas
Author :
Hentschel, Mario ; Utikal, Tobias ; Lippitz, Markus ; Giessen, Harald
Author_Institution :
Phys. Inst., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We study third harmonic generation from arrays of plasmonic nanoantennas. Specifically, we investigate the size, gap, and material dependence of the conversion efficiency and find it to be a function of the plasmon resonance energies.
Keywords :
antennas; nanophotonics; optical harmonic generation; plasmonics; conversion efficiency; plasmon resonance energy; plasmonic nanoantennas; third harmonic generation; Broadband antennas; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical harmonic generation; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
