Enhanced nonlinearities using plasmonic nanoantennas

Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 221-233

  Chen, Pai Yen ^a   Argyropoulos, Christos ^a   Alù, Andrea ^a   Van Hulst, Niek ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Nanoantennas; Nonlinear optics; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METAMATERIAL ANTENNAS; METAMATERIALS; NANOANTENNAS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMONS;

LARGE LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENTS; LOCAL FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIAL; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITIES; NONLINEAR WAVE MIXING; PLASMONICS; SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84885671165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21928614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2012-0016     Document Type: Review

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