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Ali RF, Busche JA, Kamal S, Masiello DJ, Gates BD. Near-field enhancement of optical second harmonic generation in hybrid gold-lithium niobate nanostructures. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:99. [PMID: 37185262 PMCID: PMC10130160 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01092-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Nanophotonics research has focused recently on the ability of nonlinear optical processes to mediate and transform optical signals in a myriad of novel devices, including optical modulators, transducers, color filters, photodetectors, photon sources, and ultrafast optical switches. The inherent weakness of optical nonlinearities at smaller scales has, however, hindered the realization of efficient miniaturized devices, and strategies for enhancing both device efficiencies and synthesis throughput via nanoengineering remain limited. Here, we demonstrate a novel mechanism by which second harmonic generation, a prototypical nonlinear optical phenomenon, from individual lithium niobate particles can be significantly enhanced through nonradiative coupling to the localized surface plasmon resonances of embedded gold nanoparticles. A joint experimental and theoretical investigation of single mesoporous lithium niobate particles coated with a dispersed layer of ~10 nm diameter gold nanoparticles shows that a ~32-fold enhancement of second harmonic generation can be achieved without introducing finely tailored radiative nanoantennas to mediate photon transfer to or from the nonlinear material. This work highlights the limitations of current strategies for enhancing nonlinear optical phenomena and proposes a route through which a new class of subwavelength nonlinear optical platforms can be designed to maximize nonlinear efficiencies through near-field energy exchange.
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- Rana Faryad Ali
- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
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Hu H, Tao W, Laible F, Maurer T, Adam PM, Horneber A, Fleischer M. Spectral exploration of asymmetric bowtie nanoantennas. MICRO AND NANO ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mne.2022.100166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Pashina O, Frizyuk K, Zograf G, Petrov M. Thermo-optical reshaping of second-harmonic emission from dimer all-dielectric nanoresonators. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:1992-1995. [PMID: 35427319 DOI: 10.1364/ol.444348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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All-dielectric nanophotonics offers a wide range of possibilities for thermally induced light manipulation at the nanoscale. High quality resonances allow for efficient light-to-heat conversion supported by various temperature detection approaches based on thermally sensitive intrinsic optical responses. In this work, we study theoretically a phenomenon of the photothermal reshaping of the radiation pattern of second-harmonic generation (SHG) that occurs in resonant all-dielectric systems. In the suggested geometry, a near-IR pulsed laser is used for SHG while a continuous wave visible laser simultaneously heats the structure. The thermo-optical switching of the resonant optical states in the nanostructures governs the reconfiguration of the emission pattern, without significant loss in the magnitude of the SHG. We believe, that our findings will pave the way for subwavelength-size near-IR thermally switchable nonlinear optical devices.
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Jiang H, Zheng L, Wang J, Xu M, Gan X, Wang X, Huang W. Inversion symmetry broken in 2H phase vanadium-doped molybdenum disulfide. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18103-18111. [PMID: 34590642 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05725a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have received much attention in nonlinear optical applications due to their unique crystal structures and second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency. However, SHG signals in TMDs show a layer-dependent behavior, consistent with the presence (absence) of inversion symmetry in even-layer (odd-layer) of TMDs. Herein, we synthesized monolayer and bilayer 2H and 3R phase vanadium (V)-doped MoS2 crystal. Raman spectroscopy, XPS, and STEM were used to identify the chemical composition and crystalline structure of as-grown nanoflakes. SHG measurement was used to research the symmetry of V-doped MoS2 crystals with different stacking orders. Significantly, the SHG efficiency in bilayer 2H phase V-doped MoS2 is equivalent to the 3R phase, indicating an inversion symmetry broken lattice structure caused by the in situ V substitute for Mo sites. This study will be conducive to promote the development of promising nonlinear optical devices based on 2D material.
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- Hanjun Jiang
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLoFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211800, China
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Giant Second Harmonic Generation Enhancement by Ag Nanoparticles Compactly Distributed on Hexagonal Arrangements. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11092394. [PMID: 34578708 PMCID: PMC8468191 DOI: 10.3390/nano11092394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The association of plasmonic nanostructures with nonlinear dielectric systems has been shown to provide useful platforms for boosting frequency conversion processes at metal-dielectric interfaces. Here, we report on an efficient route for engineering light-matter interaction processes in hybrid plasmonic-χ(2) dielectric systems to enhance second harmonic generation (SHG) processes confined in small spatial regions. By means of ferroelectric lithography, we have fabricated scalable micrometric arrangements of interacting silver nanoparticles compactly distributed on hexagonal regions. The fabricated polygonal microstructures support both localized and extended plasmonic modes, providing large spatial regions of field enhancement at the optical frequencies involved in the SHG process. We experimentally demonstrate that the resonant excitation of the plasmonic modes supported by the Ag nanoparticle-filled hexagons in the near infrared region produces an extraordinary 104-fold enhancement of the blue second harmonic intensity generated in the surface of a LiNbO3 crystal. The results open new perspectives for the design of efficient hybrid plasmonic frequency converters in miniaturized devices.
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