How useful is slow light in enhancing nonlinear interactions in lossy periodic nanostructures?

Sina Saravi; Rafael Quintero-Bermudez; Frank  Setzpfandt; N. Asger Mortensen; Thomas Pertsch

doi:10.1364/NP.2016.NM4A.7

How useful is slow light in enhancing nonlinear interactions in lossy periodic nanostructures?

Sina Saravi, Rafael Quintero-Bermudez, Frank Setzpfandt, N. Asger Mortensen, Thomas Pertsch

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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Abstract

We investigate analytically, and with nonlinear simulations, the extent of usefulness of slow light for enhancing the efficiency of second harmonic generation in lossy nanostructures, and find that the slower is not always the better.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Photonics 2016
Volume	2016
Publisher	Optical Society of America (OSA)
Publication date	2016
Article number	NM4A.7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-943580-17-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/NP.2016.NM4A.7
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 OSA Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress - SMC Conference & Function Centre, Sydney, Australia Duration: 5 Sept 2016 → 8 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference	2016 OSA Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress
Location	SMC Conference & Function Centre
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	05/09/2016 → 08/09/2016

Bibliographical note

From the session: Nonlinear Nanophotonics I (NM4A)

Keywords

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials
Nanostructures
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear interactions
Nonlinear simulations
Periodic nanostructure
Slow light

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