TY - GEN
T1 - Ultrathin nonlinear metasurfaces with continuous phase control at the nanoscale
AU - Tymchenko, Mykhailo
AU - Gomez-Diaz, J. Sebastian
AU - Lee, J.
AU - Belkin, Mikhail A.
AU - Alù, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 European Association of Antennas and Propagation.
PY - 2016/5/31
Y1 - 2016/5/31
N2 - We describe a novel class of ultrathin plasmonic metasurfaces able to provide nonlinear conversion efficiencies many orders of magnitude larger than any other nonlinear flat setup previously reported. This large efficiency is achieved over subwavelength thickness, avoiding the use of cumbersome phase matching techniques. In addition, we show how such metasurfaces can be designed to provide full control over the local phase of the generated signals, opening exciting prospects for creating nonlinear reflect- and transmittarrays able to tailor the emerging wavefronts at will, with direct application in light bending, focusing, and communication systems.
AB - We describe a novel class of ultrathin plasmonic metasurfaces able to provide nonlinear conversion efficiencies many orders of magnitude larger than any other nonlinear flat setup previously reported. This large efficiency is achieved over subwavelength thickness, avoiding the use of cumbersome phase matching techniques. In addition, we show how such metasurfaces can be designed to provide full control over the local phase of the generated signals, opening exciting prospects for creating nonlinear reflect- and transmittarrays able to tailor the emerging wavefronts at will, with direct application in light bending, focusing, and communication systems.
KW - metasurface
KW - nonlinear optics
KW - plasmonics
KW - reflectarray
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979243183&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481663
DO - 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481663
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84979243183
T3 - 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
BT - 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
Y2 - 10 April 2016 through 15 April 2016
ER -