Nonlinear optical effects in epsilon-near-zero media

O Reshef, I De Leon, MZ Alam, RW Boyd - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019‏ - nature.com
Efficient nonlinear optical interactions are essential for many applications in modern
photonics. However, they typically require intense laser sources and long interaction …

Near-zero refractive index photonics

I Liberal, N Engheta - Nature Photonics, 2017‏ - nature.com
Structures with near-zero parameters (for example, media with near-zero relative permittivity
and/or relative permeability, and thus a near-zero refractive index) exhibit a number of …

Enhanced Nonlinear Refractive Index in -Near-Zero Materials

L Caspani, RPM Kaipurath, M Clerici, M Ferrera… - Physical review …, 2016‏ - APS
New propagation regimes for light arise from the ability to tune the dielectric permittivity to
extremely low values. Here, we demonstrate a universal approach based on the low linear …

Epsilon‐near‐zero photonics: a new platform for integrated devices

X Niu, X Hu, S Chu, Q Gong - Advanced Optical Materials, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) photonics is the study of light–matter interactions in the
presence of structures with near‐zero permittivity and has been emerging as an important …

Post-2000 nonlinear optical materials and measurements: data tables and best practices

N Vermeulen, D Espinosa, A Ball… - Journal of Physics …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In its 60 years of existence, the field of nonlinear optics has gained momentum especially
over the past two decades thanks to major breakthroughs in material science and …

Colloquium: Nonlinear metamaterials

M Lapine, IV Shadrivov, YS Kivshar - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014‏ - APS
This Colloquium presents an overview of the research on nonlinear electromagnetic
metamaterials. The developed theoretical approaches and experimental designs are …

Epsilon-near-zero photonics: infinite potentials

J Wu, ZT **e, Y Sha, HY Fu, Q Li - Photonics Research, 2021‏ - opg.optica.org
With its unique and exclusive linear and nonlinear optical characteristics, epsilon-near-zero
(ENZ) photonics has drawn a tremendous amount of attention in the recent decade in the …

Nonlinear optics at epsilon near zero: From origins to new materials

D Fomra, A Ball, S Saha, J Wu, M Sojib… - Applied Physics …, 2024‏ - pubs.aip.org
In the continuously evolving realm of nonlinear optics, epsilon near zero (ENZ) materials
have captured significant scientific interest, becoming a compelling focal point over the past …

Enhanced third-harmonic generation in Si-compatible epsilon-near-zero indium tin oxide nanolayers

A Capretti, Y Wang, N Engheta, L Dal Negro - Optics letters, 2015‏ - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate enhanced third-harmonic generation from indium tin oxide
nanolayers at telecommunication wavelengths with an efficiency that is approximately 600 …