Download or read book New Trends on Nonlinear Optics in Nanostructures and Plasmonics written by Gennady M Mikheev and published by Mdpi AG. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Reprint presents an Editorial and ten original studies from different areas of nonlinear optics carried out in the last three years by research groups with high levels of expertise. The object of most of them is femtosecond (fs) nonlinear optical phenomena in nanostructures. In this Reprint, the results of a study on higher harmonics generation from fs and picosecond lasers in laser-induced plasma from various nanomaterials are presented; an example of the application of the generation of the second and third harmonics of fs laser radiation for the design of a unique microscope is presented; fs nonlinear-optical properties of aqueous suspensions of nanodiamonds are investigated; nonlinear up-conversion luminescence is found in aqueous suspensions of carbon dots; an example of the application of a thin-film topological insulator for the generation of THz radiation under the action of a fs laser is described; a new type of robust photonic topological insulator for laser array applications is designed; new algorithms for the theoretical study of laser pulse interactions with metals and nonlinear dielectric media interfaces are developed; the findings of a study on helicity-dependent photocurrents in thin nanostructured CuSe films due to the surface photogalvanic effect are presented; a kinetic theory of the edge photogalvanic effect for intraband electron transport in 2D materials is developed. In general, all the studies presented in this Reprint were performed at a high level and demonstrate the continuing interest of the world's scientific community in research in the field of nonlinear optics.

Download or read book Nonlinear Optics written by Boris I. Lembrikov and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines nonlinear optical effects in nonlinear nanophotonics, plasmonics, and novel materials for nonlinear optics. It discusses different types of plasmonic excitations such as volume plasmons, localized surface plasmons, and surface plasmon polaritons. It also examines the specific features of nonlinear optical phenomena in plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials. Chapters cover such topics as applications of nanophotonics, novel materials for nonlinear optics based on nanoparticles, polymers, and photonic glasses.

Download or read book Progress in Nonlinear Nano Optics written by Shuji Sakabe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-27 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the state of the art in nonlinear nanostructures for ultrafast laser applications. Most recent results in two emerging fields are presented: (i) generation of laser-induced nanostructures in materials like metals, metal oxides and semiconductors, and (ii) ultrafast excitation and energy transfer in nanoscale physical, chemical and hybrid systems. Particular emphasis is laid on the up-to-date controversially discussed mechanisms of sub-wavelength ripple formation including models of self-organized material transport and multiphoton excitation channels, nonlinear optics of plasmonic structures (nanotips, nanowires, 3D-metamaterials), and energy localization and transport on ultrafast time scale and spatial nanoscale. High-resolution spectroscopy, simulation and characterization techniques are reported. New applications of ultrashort-pulsed lasers for materials processing and the use of nanostructured materials for characterizing laser fields and laser-matter-interactions are discussed.

Download or read book Optical Nonlinearities in Nanostructured Systems written by Carlos Torres-Torres and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides readers with a detailed overview of second- and third-order nonlinearities in various nanostructures, as well as their potential applications. Interest in the field of nonlinear optics has grown exponentially in recent years and, as a result, there is increasing research on novel nonlinear phenomena and the development of nonlinear photonic devices. Thus, such a book serves as a comprehensive guide for researchers in the field and those seeking to become familiar with it. This text focuses on the nonlinear properties of nanostructured systems that arise as a result of optical wave mixing. The authors present a review of nonlinear optical processes on the nanoscale and provide theoretical descriptions for second and third-order optical nonlinearities in nanostructures such as carbon allotropes, metallic nanostructures, semiconductors, nanocrystals, and complex geometries. Here, the characterization and potential applications of these nanomaterials are also discussed. The factors that determine the nonlinear susceptibility in these systems are identified as well as the influence of physical mechanisms emerging from resonance and off-resonance excitations. In addition, the authors detail the effects driven by important phenomena such as quantum confinement, localized surface plasmon resonance, Fano resonances, bound states, and the Purcell effect on specific nanostructured systems. Readers are provided with a groundwork for future research as well as new perspectives in this growing field.

Download or read book Thermoplasmonics written by Guillaume Baffou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plasmonics is an important branch of optics concerned with the interaction of metals with light. Under appropriate illumination, metal nanoparticles can exhibit enhanced light absorption, becoming nanosources of heat that can be precisely controlled. This book provides an overview of the exciting new field of thermoplasmonics and a detailed discussion of its theoretical underpinning in nanophotonics. This topic has developed rapidly in the last decade, and is now a highly-active area of research due to countless applications in nanoengineering and nanomedicine. These important applications include photothermal cancer therapy, drug and gene delivery, nanochemistry and photothermal imaging. This timely and self-contained text is suited to all researchers and graduate students working in plasmonics, nano-optics and thermal-induced processes at the nanoscale.

Download or read book Nonlinear Meta Optics written by Costantino De Angelis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses fabrication as well as characterization and modeling of semiconductor nanostructures in the optical regime, with a focus on nonlinear effects. The visible range as well as near and far infrared spectral region will be considered with a view to different envisaged applications. The book covers the current key challenges of the research in the area, including: exploiting new material platforms, fully extending the device operation into the nonlinear regime, adding re-configurability to the envisaged devices and proposing new modeling tools to help in conceiving new functionalities. • Explores several topics in the field of semiconductor nonlinear nanophotonics, including fabrication, characterization and modeling of semiconductor nanostructures in the optical regime, with a focus on nonlinear effects • Describes the research challenges in the field of optical metasurfaces in the nonlinear regime • Reviews the use and achievements of all-dielectric nanoantennas for strengthening the nonlinear optical response • Describes both theoretical and experimental aspects of photonic devices based on semiconductor optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces • Gathers contributions from several leading groups in this research field to provide a thorough and complete overview of the current state of the art in the field of semiconductor nonlinear nanophotonics Costantino De Angelis has been full professor of electromagnetic fields at the University of Brescia since 1998. He is an OSA Fellow and has been responsible for several university research contracts in the last 20 years within Europe, the United States, and Italy. His technical interests are in optical antennas and nanophotonics. He is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. Giuseppe Leo has been a full professor in physics at Paris Diderot University since 2004, and in charge of the nonlinear devices group of MPQ Laboratory since 2006. His research areas include nonlinear optics, micro- and nano-photonics, and optoelectronics, with a focus on AlGaAs platform. He has coordinated several research programs and coauthored 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 200 conference papers, 10 book chapters and also has four patents. Dragomir Neshev is a professor in physics and the leader of the experimental photonics group in the Nonlinear Physics Centre at Australian National University (ANU). His activities span over several branches of optics, including nonlinear periodic structures, singular optics, plasmonics, and photonic metamaterials. He has coauthored 200 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Download or read book Nanophotonics and Plasmonics written by Dr. Ching Eng (Jason) Png and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a first integrated view of nanophotonics and plasmonics, covering the use of dielectric, semiconductor, and metal nanostructures to manipulate light at the nanometer scale. The presentation highlights similarities and advantages, and shows the common underlying physics, targets, and methodologies used for different materials (optically transparent materials for nanophotonics, vs opaque materials for plasmonics). Ultimately, the goal is to provide a basis for developing a unified platform for both fields. In addition to the fundamentals and detailed theoretical background, the book showcases the main device applications. Ching Eng (Jason) Png is Director of the Electronics and Photonics Department at the Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore. Yuriy A. Akimov is a scientist in the Electronics and Photonics Department at the Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore.

Download or read book Plasmonic Materials and Metastructures written by Shangjr Gwo and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plasmonic Materials and Metastructures: Fundamentals, Current Status, and Perspectives reviews the current status and emerging trends in the development of conventional and alternative plasmonic materials. Sections cover fundamentals and emerging trends of plasmonic materials development, including synthesis strategies (chemical and physical) and optical characterization techniques. Next, the book addresses fundamentals, properties, remaining barriers for commercial translation, and the latest advances and opportunities for conventional noble metal plasmonic materials. Fundamentals and advances for alternative plasmonic materials are also reviewed, including two-dimensional hybrid materials composed of graphene, monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides, boron nitride, etc. In addition, other sections cover applications of plasmonic metastructures enabled by plasmonic materials with improved material properties and newly discovered functionalities. Applications reviewed include quantum plasmonics, topological plasmonics, chiral plasmonics, nanolasers, imaging (metalens), active, and integrated technologies. Provides an overview of materials properties, characterization and fabrication techniques for plasmonic metastructured materials Includes key concepts and advances for a wide range of metastructured materials, including metamaterials, metasurfaces and epsilon-near-zero plasmonic metastructures Discusses emerging applications and barriers to commercial translation for quantum plasmonics, topological plasmonics, nanolasers, imaging and integrated technologies

Download or read book Nonlinear Optics written by Boris Lembrikov and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonlinear optics is a rapidly developing field of modern physics. Nonlinear optical phenomena such as self-focusing, self-phase modulation, soliton formation and propagation, higher harmonic generation, different types of stimulated light scattering, and four-wave mixing have attracted interest from the fundamental point of view of the investigation of light/matter interaction, and as a basis for applications in contemporary optical communications and optical signal processing. Nonlinear Optics - Novel Results in Theory and Applications contains novel results concerning the mathematical methods of nonlinear optical phenomena analysis, soliton formation and propagation in optical fibers, and peculiarities of nonlinear optical phenomena in micro- and nanostructures. The book may be interesting for researchers and engineers interested in nonlinear optics, lasers, and optical communications.

Download or read book Plasmonics Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XIII written by Allan D. Boardman and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

Download or read book Recent Trends in Computational Photonics written by Arti Agrawal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the recent cutting-edge work on computational methods in photonics and their applications. The latest advances in techniques such as the Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain method, Finite Element Time Domain method, Finite Difference Time Domain method as well as their applications are presented. Key aspects such as modelling of non-linear effects (Second Harmonic Generation, lasing in fibers, including gain nonlinearity in metamaterials), the acousto-optic effect, and the hydrodynamic model to explain electron response in nanoplasmonic structures are included. The application areas covered include plasmonics, metamaterials, photonic crystals, dielectric waveguides, fiber lasers. The chapters give a representative survey of the corresponding area.

Download or read book Collective Plasmon Modes in Gain Media written by V.A.G. Rivera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the first detailed description, including both theoretical aspects and experimental methods, of the interaction of rare-earth ions with surface plasmon polariton from the point of view of collective plasmon-photon interactions via resonance modes (metal nanoparticles or nanostructure arrays) with quantum emitters (rare-earth ions). These interactions are of particular interest for applications to optical telecommunications, optical displays, and laser solid state technologies. Thus, our main goal is to give a more precise overview of the rapidly emerging field of nanophotonics by means of the study of the quantum properties of light interaction with matter at the nanoscale. In this way, collective plasmon-modes in a gain medium result from the interaction/coupling between a quantum emitter (created by rare-earth ions) with a metallic surface, inducing different effects such as the polarization of the metal electrons (so-called surface plasmon polariton - SPP), a field enhancement sustained by resonance coupling, or transfer of energy due to non-resonant coupling between the metallic nanostructure and the optically active surrounding medium. These effects counteract the absorption losses in the metal to enhance luminescence properties or even to control the polarization and phase of quantum emitters. The engineering of plasmons/SPP in gain media constitutes a new field in nanophotonics science with a tremendous technological potential in integrated optics/photonics at the nanoscale based on the control of quantum effects. This book will be an essential tool for scientists, engineers, and graduate and undergraduate students interested not only in a new frontier of fundamental physics, but also in the realization of nanophotonic devices for optical telecommunication.

Download or read book Nano Structures for Optics and Photonics written by Baldassare Di Bartolo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this volume were presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Erice, Italy, 4-19 July 2013. Many aspects of important research into nanophotonics, plasmonics, semiconductor materials and devices, instrumentation for bio sensing to name just a few, are covered in depth in this volume. The growing connection between optics and electronics, due to the increasing important role plaid by semiconductor materials and devices, find their expression in the term photonics, which also reflects the importance of the photon aspect of light in the description of the performance of several optical systems. Nano-structures have unique capabilities that allow the enhanced performance of processes of interest in optical and photonic devices. In particular these structures permit the nanoscale manipulation of photons, electrons and atoms; they represent a very hot topic of research and are relevant to many devices and applications. The various subjects bridge over the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry, making this volume of interest to people working in these fields. The emphasis is on the principles behind each technique and on examining the full potential of each technique.

Download or read book Nonlinear Nanophotonics in Plasmonic and Graphene Structures written by Daria Smirnova and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond the diffraction limit of light, nanophotonics studies nontrivial physical phenomena involving the interaction of photons with nanostructured media. Within decades of fruitful developments, the field of nanophotonics has become a prominent area of research with applications ranging from integrated optical circuits and ultrafast photonic devices to super-imaging, nanolasing and biosensing. Nonlinear intensity-dependent optical effects, facilitated by strong light-matter interaction, are indispensable in modern photonics, enriching the beauty of physics comprised and providing novel opportunities for subwavelength light control. To date, the possibilities of photon nanoscale confinement and operations with photonic flows are primarily associated with surface plasmons that are localized in the vicinity of metal-dielectric interfaces infrared or visible-frequency electromagnetic eigenmodes originating from coupling of the electromagnetic field to the electron oscillations in a metal plasma. Physics of light interaction with metal structures that are much smaller than the free space wavelength of light constitutes one of the most significant branches of contemporary nanophotonics - nanoplasmonics. Combining strong surface plasmon resonances and high intrinsic nonlinearities in the deep subwavelength scales, plasmonic structures offer a unique playground to develop novel concepts for light manipulation at the nanoscale. Tight field confinement in plasmonic systems can boost the efficiency of various nonlinear optical effects, the study of which can help delineate a roadmap in designing novel subwavelength nonlinear optical elements. Recently, graphene, a single atomic layer of graphite, has emerged as a promising alternative to noble metals for applications in plasmonics. The study of plasmonic effects in doped graphene structures has attracted special interest from the nanoplasmonics research community due to novel functionalities suggested by such systems, including an extraordinary field confinement by a graphene layer, tunability of graphene properties through doping or electrostatic gating and longer lifetimes in the infrared and terahertz frequency ranges, which is extremely important for biomedical and security applications. In addition, graphene demonstrates strong and tunable optical nonlinearity and it can be incorporated into various components of nanoscale optics. However, the potential of the nonlinear response of graphene is not yet fully realized and almost not studied, especially in the resonant plasmonic geometries. It is therefore of significant interest to construct analytical models for the underlying principles and explore the viability of nonlinear optical effects in graphene-based photonic devices. This thesis focuses on the nonlinear photonics of plasmonic and graphene-based nanostructures. Exploiting nonlinear optical response, it develops theoretical ideas for the alloptical light control at subwavelength scales and studies the advantageous possibilities of manipulating electromagnetic waves by utilizing the unique properties of graphene. Chapter 2 presents a comprehensive study of nonlinear dynamics in arrays of optically driven plasmonic nanoparticles with a Kerr-like nonlinear response. We perform detailed modulation instability analysis and demonstrate the pattern formation and the existence of plasmonic kinks and nonlinear localized modes in the form of trapped and walking solitons in such systems under control guidance of the external driving field. Chapters 3 and 4 include a theoretical prediction and analytical description of manifold nonlinear effects that can be actualized due to the graphene nonlinear response. Utilizing conventional concepts of photonics and metal plasmonics combined with unique electronic and optical properties of graphene, we establish a theoretical framework for designing various graphene-enhanced components of nanoscale optics and nanodevices, such as waveguides, couplers, nano-antennas and metasurfaces. These studies outline substantial features of graphene as a promising material for surface physics and plasmonics, and envision their potential applications in optical nanocircuits, optoelectronics, metamaterials, and THz technology. Specifically, in Chapter 3 we investigate the nonlinear self-action of surface plasmons and the generation of subwavelength solitons in graphene waveguides and multilayers. Our studies elucidate the nonlinear switching of light in two coupled layers of graphene, the formation of nonlinear modes in graphene metamaterials, and the excitation of dissipative plasmon solitons coupled to the external driving source via an evanescent field. Chapter 4 examines the harmonic generation in different geometries with graphene. We develop theoretical models for the resonant (enhanced) second-harmonic generation from a graphene-wrapped dielectric spherical nanoparticle and frequency conversion in graphene-based waveguides through the phase-matched nonlinear interaction of the plasmonic modes. We describe the second-harmonic generation from a double-layer graphene structure with modulated conductivity and nonlinear plasmon-to-plasmon conversion in hybrid graphene-semiconductor waveguides, predicting the cascading effect in the thirdharmonic generation. Finally, we propose the concept of tunable nonlinear graphene metasurfaces composed of a graphene layer and a planar gold metamaterial. We demonstrate that such hybrid graphene metasurfaces provide strong tunability and dramatic field enhancement, giving rise to the enhanced nonlinear response and high efficiency of the second-harmonic generation. Chapter 5 summarizes the results and concludes this thesis.

Download or read book Integrated Nanophotonic Devices written by Zeev Zalevsky and published by William Andrew. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanophotonics is a field of science and technology based on the manipulation of light with equally miniscule structures, in the same way that computer chips are used to route and switch electrical signals. By enabling new high bandwidth, high speed optoelectronic components, nanophotonics has the potential to revolutionize the fields of telecommunications, computation and sensing. In this book, Zalevsky and Abdulhalim explore one of the key technologies emerging within nanophotonics, that of nano-integrated photonic modulation devices and sensors. The attempt to integrate photonic dynamic devices with microelectronic circuits is becoming a major scientific as well as industrial trend due to the fact that currently processing is mainly achieved using microelectronic chips but transmission, especially for long distances, takes place via optical links. - Unlocks the technologies that will turn the rapidly growing research area of nanophotonics into a major area of commercial development, with applications in telecommunications, computing, security and sensing - Nano-integrated photonic modulation devices and sensors are the components that will see nanophotonics moving out of the lab into a new generation of products and services - By covering the scientific fundamentals alongside technological applications, the authors open up this important multidisciplinary subject to readers from a range of scientific backgrounds

Download or read book Fundamentals and Applications of Nonlinear Nanophotonics written by Nicolae C. Panoiu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals and Applications of Nonlinear Nanophotonics includes key concepts of nonlinear nanophotonics, computational and modeling techniques to design these materials, and the latest advances. This book addresses the scientific literature on nanophotonics while most existing books focus almost exclusively on the linear aspects of light-matter interaction at the nanoscale. Sections cover nonlinear optics of sub-wavelength photonic nanostructured materials, review nonlinear optics of bound-states in the continuum, nonlinear optics of chiral plasmonic metasurfaces, nonlinear hyperbolic nanomaterials, nonlinear topological photonics, plasmonic lattice solitons, and more. This book is suitable for academics and industry professionals working in the discipline of materials science, engineering and nanotechnology. - Discusses advances in nonlinear optics research such as plasmonics, topological photonics and emerging materials - Reviews the latest computational methods to model and design nonlinear photonic materials - Introduces key principles of advanced concepts in nonlinear optics of bound-states in a continuum and symmetries in nonlinear nano-optics

Download or read book Handbook of Nanoscale Optics and Electronics written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increasing demand for smaller, faster, and more highly integrated optical and electronic devices, as well as extremely sensitive detectors for biomedical and environmental applications, a field called nano-optics or nano-photonics/electronics is emerging – studying the many promising optical properties of nanostructures. Like nanotechnology itself, it is a rapidly evolving and changing field – but because of strong research activity in optical communication and related devices, combined with the intensive work on nanotechnology, nano-optics is shaping up fast to be a field with a promising future. This book serves as a one-stop review of modern nano-optical/photonic and nano-electronic techniques, applications, and developments. - Provides overview of the field of Nano-optics/photonics and electronics, detailing practical examples of photonic technology in a wide range of applications - Discusses photonic systems and devices with mathematical rigor precise enough for design purposes - A one-stop review of modern nano-optical/photonic and nano-electronic techniques, applications, and developments