Ultrathin nonlinear metasurfaces

Mykhailo Tymchenko, Nishant Nookala, J. Sebastian Gomez-Diaz, Mikhail A. Belkin, Andrea Alu, Jongwon Lee

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Abstract

We present a novel class of ultrathin metasurfaces operating in a nonlinear regime, simultaneously providing generation efficiencies that are many orders of magnitude larger than in other nonlinear setups, and, at the same time, capable of controlling the local phase of the nonlinear signal with high precision and subwavelength resolution. The key to achieving such outstanding performance is combining a strong local field enhancement and polarization selectivity of plasmonic nano-antennas with extremely high nonlinearity of multi-quantum well semiconductor stacks. In this work, we discuss the operation principles of such metasurfaces and provide experimental and numerical results. We also show how a savvy application of Lorentz reciprocity principle allows for fast and efficient analysis and modeling of such metasurfaces consisting of thousands of elements.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, MMET 2016
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages50-53
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509019564
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, MMET 2016 - Lviv, Ukraine
Duration: 5 Jul 20167 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, MMET
Volume2016-August
ISSN (Print)2161-1734
ISSN (Electronic)2161-1750

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, MMET 2016
Country/TerritoryUkraine
CityLviv
Period5/07/167/07/16

Keywords

  • metasurface
  • nonlinear
  • phase control
  • plasmonic
  • reciprocity

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