• DocumentCode
    689813
  • Title

    Second harmonic generation with optical vortices in negative-index metamaterials

  • Author

    Shalaev, Mikhail I. ; Kudyshev, Zhaxylyk A. ; Cartwright, Alexander N. ; Litchinitser, Natalia M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng., SUNY - Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We discuss the backward phase-matched process in negative index metamaterials with quadratic nonlinearity, resulting in generation of a backward propagating vortex with simultaneously doubled frequency, orbital angular momentum and reversed rotation direction of the wavefront.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical harmonic generation; optical metamaterials; optical rotation; optical vortices; refractive index; backward optical vortex propagation; backward phase-matched process; negative-index metamaterials; optical frequency doubling; orbital angular momentum; quadratic nonlinearity; second harmonic generation; wavefront reversed rotation direction; Indexes; Metamaterials; Optical frequency conversion; Optical vortices; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834201