Nonlinearities of organic electro-optic materials in nanoscale slots and implications for the optimum modulator design

W Heni, C Haffner, DL Elder, AF Tillack… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The performance of highly nonlinear organic electro-optic (EO) materials incorporated into
nanoscale slots is examined. It is shown that EO coefficients as large as 190 pm/V can be …

Integrated nanoplasmonic waveguides for magnetic, nonlinear, and strong-field devices

S Sederberg, CJ Firby, SR Greig, AY Elezzabi - Nanophotonics, 2017 - degruyter.com
As modern complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuitry rapidly approaches
fundamental speed and bandwidth limitations, optical platforms have become promising …

Phase-matched coupling and frequency conversion of terahertz waves in a nonlinear graphene waveguide

M Qasymeh - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose a novel technique for the phase-matched coupling and frequency
conversion of terahertz (THz) waves. The principle of operation is based on nonlinear THz …

A low-power optical nanoswitch based on XPM-enhanced second harmonic generation

S Farazi, A Zarifkar - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A nonlinear plasmonic nanoswitch with low power consumption is presented based on the
cross-phase modulation (XPM) effect in centrosymmetric metals. XPM is exploited to change …

Enhancement of second harmonic generation in metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides

M Soltani, M Nikoufard, M Dousti - Plasmonics, 2017 - Springer
Nonlinear effects such as second harmonic generation (SHG) are important for applications
such as switching and wavelength conversion. In this study, the generation of second …

Mid-IR Generation by Difference Frequency Generation in a Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide

W Heni, R Huber, Y Fedoryshyn, F Leyvraz… - … Research, Silicon and …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Mid-IR Generation by Difference Frequency Generation in a Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide
Page 1 IM2A.2.pdf Advanced Photonics Congress (IPR, Networks, NOMA, PS, Sensors …

Nanoplasmonic Waveguides Filled with Electro‐Optical Materials

M Qasymeh - Nanoplasmonics-Fundamentals and Applications, 2017 - books.google.com
In this chapter, nanoplasmonic waveguides filled with electro-optical materials are proposed
and discussed. Rigorous theoretical modelling is developed to describe the propagation …