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
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