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Optical Materials Express

  • Editor: David J. Hagan
  • Vol. 1, Iss. 1 — May. 1, 2011
  • pp: 36–45

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The origin of second harmonic generation hotspots in chiral optical metamaterials [Invited]

V. K. Valev, X. Zheng, C.G. Biris, A.V. Silhanek, V. Volskiy, B. De Clercq, O. A. Aktsipetrov, M. Ameloot, N. C. Panoiu, G. A. E. Vandenbosch, and V. V. Moshchalkov  »View Author Affiliations


Optical Materials Express, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 36-45 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.1.000036


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Abstract

Novel ways to detect the handedness in chiral optical metamaterials by means of the second harmonic generation (SHG) process have recently been proposed. However, the precise origin of the SHG emission has yet to be unambiguously established. In this paper, we present computational simulations of both the electric currents and the electromagnetic fields in chiral planar metamaterials, at the fundamental frequency (FF), and discuss the implications of our results on the characteristics of experimentally measured SHG. In particular, we show that the results of our numerical simulations are in good agreement with the experimental mapping of SHG sources. Thus, the SHG in these metamaterials can be attributed to a strong local enhancement of the electromagnetic fields at the FF, which depends on the particular structure of the patterned metamaterial.

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OCIS Codes
(240.4350) Optics at surfaces : Nonlinear optics at surfaces
(160.1585) Materials : Chiral media
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy

ToC Category:
Chiral Optical Materials

History
Original Manuscript: February 3, 2011
Revised Manuscript: March 14, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: March 14, 2011
Published: April 22, 2011

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Chiral Optical Materials (2011) Optical Materials Express

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V. K. Valev, X. Zheng, C.G. Biris, A.V. Silhanek, V. Volskiy, B. De Clercq, O. A. Aktsipetrov, M. Ameloot, N. C. Panoiu, G. A. E. Vandenbosch, and V. V. Moshchalkov, "The origin of second harmonic generation hotspots in chiral optical metamaterials [Invited]," Opt. Mater. Express 1, 36-45 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-1-1-36


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