DocumentCode
690096
Title
Ultrafast interband nonlinear dynamics of surface plasmon polaritons in gold nanowires
Author
Marini, Andrea ; Conforti, M. ; Della Valle, Giuseppe ; Biancalana, Fabio
Author_Institution
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We theoretically model the nonlinear dynamics of plasmonic waves in gold nanowires. We find that the thermo-modulational nonlinearity of gold leads to a strong spectral redshift of input pulses in a few microns of propagation.
Keywords
gold; light propagation; nanophotonics; nanowires; nonlinear optics; plasmonics; polaritons; red shift; surface plasmons; thermo-optical effects; Au; gold nanowires; input pulses; light propagation; plasmonic waves; spectral redshift; surface plasmon polaritons; thermo-modulational nonlinearity; ultrafast interband nonlinear dynamics; Gold; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Plasmons; Silicon compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6834488
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