Third-Harmonic Generation Enhancement by Film-Coupled Plasmonic Stripe Resonators

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1212-1217

  Lassiter, J Britt ^a,b   Chen, Xiaoshu ^c   Liu, Xiaojun ^a,b   Ciracì, Cristian ^a,d   Hoang, Thang B ^a,b   Larouche, Stéphane ^a,b   Oh, Sang Hyun ^c   Mikkelsen, Maiken H ^a,b   Smith, David R ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

nanoantenna; nonlinear optics; patch antenna; plasmonics; third harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; METALLIC FILMS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CONTROLLABLE ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOSCALE JUNCTIONS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NONLINEAR CONTRIBUTIONS; PLASMONIC INTERACTIONS; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONICS; WAVEGUIDE CAVITY RESONATORS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 84925859438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph500276v     Document Type: Article

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