Surface plasmon–polariton amplifiers and lasers

P Berini, I De Leon - Nature photonics, 2012‏ - nature.com
Amplifiers and lasers based on surface plasmon–polaritons (SPPs) have been studied for
around three decades. Research in this area has experienced particularly significant growth …

DNA-directed self-assembly and optical properties of discrete 1D, 2D and 3D plasmonic structures

SJ Barrow, AM Funston, X Wei, P Mulvaney - Nano Today, 2013‏ - Elsevier
We review recent progress on the assembly of metal nanocrystals using dithiol and DNA
based bifunctional linkers to create discrete plasmonic superstructures. The structures …

Efficient second-harmonic generation in high Q-factor asymmetric lithium niobate metasurfaces

L Kang, H Bao, DH Werner - Optics Letters, 2021‏ - opg.optica.org
Lithium niobate (LN) has been widely used for second-harmonic generation (SHG) from bulk
crystals. Recent studies have reported improved SHG efficiency in LN micro-ring resonators …

Recent progress, challenges, and prospects in emerging group-VIA Xenes: synthesis, properties and novel applications

AK Tareen, K Khan, M Aslam, H Zhang, X Liu - Nanoscale, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of graphene (G) attracted considerable attention to the study of other novel
two-dimensional materials (2DMs), which is identified as modern day “alchemy” since …

Efficient second-harmonic generation in nonlinear plasmonic waveguide

FF Lu, T Li, XP Hu, QQ Cheng, SN Zhu, YY Zhu - Optics letters, 2011‏ - opg.optica.org
We theoretically studied a nonlinear optical process in a hybrid plasmonic waveguide
composed of a nonlinear dielectric waveguide and a metal film with a separation of a thin air …

Imaging the dark emission of spasers

HZ Chen, JQ Hu, S Wang, B Li, XY Wang, YL Wang… - Science …, 2017‏ - science.org
Spasers are a new class of laser devices with cavity sizes free from optical diffraction limit.
They are an emergent tool for various applications, including biochemical sensing …

Highly efficient phase-matched second harmonic generation using an asymmetric plasmonic slot waveguide configuration in hybrid polymer-silicon photonics

J Zhang, E Cassan, D Gao, X Zhang - Optics Express, 2013‏ - opg.optica.org
We theoretically investigate the possible increase of the second harmonic generation (SHG)
efficiency in silicon compatible waveguides by considering an asymmetrical plasmonic slot …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid plasmonic waveguide in a metal V-groove

Z Chen, Z Wu, Y Ming, X Zhang, Y Lu - AIP Advances, 2014‏ - pubs.aip.org
We propose and investigate a type of hybrid plasmonic waveguide in a metal V-groove. A
high-permittivity nanowire was placed in the metal channel covered with a dielectric film of …

Adjustable propagation length enhancement of the surface plasmon polariton wave via phase sensitive optical parametric amplification

MA Izadi, R Nouroozi - Scientific Reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
The adjustable propagation length enhancement of the surface plasmon polariton (SPP)
mode under the effects of the initial relative phase (ψ 0) between interacting waves in …

Analytical solution of second-harmonic generation in a lithium-niobate-birefringence thin-film waveguide via modal phase matching

LH Hong, BQ Chen, CY Hu, ZY Li - Physical Review A, 2018‏ - APS
We present a systematic theoretical investigation of second-harmonic generation (SHG) in a
subwavelength lithium niobate (LN) single-crystal thin-film waveguide with birefringence in …