Hybrid plasmonic–ferroelectric architectures for lasing and SHG processes at the nanoscale

MO Ramírez, P Molina, A Gómez‐Tornero… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Coherent light sources providing sub‐wavelength confined modes are in ever more demand
to face new challenges in a variety of disciplines. Scalability and cost‐effective production of …

Broadband Mie driven random quasi-phase-matching

R Savo, A Morandi, JS Müller, F Kaufmann, F Timpu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
High-quality crystals without inversion symmetry are the conventional platform to achieve
optical frequency conversion via three-wave mixing. In bulk crystals, efficient wave mixing …

Constraint-free wavelength conversion supported by giant optical refraction in a 3D perovskite supercrystal

L Falsi, L Tartara, F Di Mei, M Flammini… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Nonlinear response in a material increases with its index of refraction as n 4. Commonly, n~
1 so that diffraction, dispersion, and chromatic walk-off limit nonlinear scattering …

Second harmonic generation in multi-domain χ2 media: from disorder to order

M Ayoub, J Imbrock, C Denz - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We investigate systematically the evolution of second harmonic generation in strontium
barium niobate with different degrees of disorder of its χ^ 2 nonlinearity. These different …

Čerenkov-type second-harmonic generation with fundamental beams of different polarizations

Y Sheng, SM Saltiel, W Krolikowski, A Arie, K Koynov… - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We analyze the conical second-harmonic generation via Čerenkov-type phase matching in
two-dimensional decagonal nonlinear photonic quasi-crystals for linear, circular, and …

Cascaded Čerenkov third-harmonic generation in random quadratic media

M Ayoub, P Roedig, J Imbrock, C Denz - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate experimentally and theoretically the conical emission of Čerenkov-type third-
harmonic generation in strontium barium niobate of random 2D-χ (2) distribution. The …

Čerenkov-type second-harmonic spectroscopy in random nonlinear photonic structures

M Ayoub, P Roedig, K Koynov, J Imbrock, C Denz - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We report on experimental and theoretical studies of Čerenkov-type second-harmonic
generation in random nonlinear photonic structures with different two-dimensional …

Multifunctional solid state lasers based on ferroelectric crystals

MO Ramírez, P Molina, LE Bausá - Optical Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
From the appearance of the laser, 50years ago, the use of ferroelectric crystals in optical
devices has constituted a field of much interest and activity. Ferroelectric materials have …

Cherenkov second harmonic generation of femtosecond laser pulses in a homogeneous nonlinear crystal

AM Vyunishev, AS Chirkin - Laser Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In experiments on second harmonic (SH) generation (SHG), a conical structure of radiation
has been observed. In the present study, a non-stationary theory of SH excitation of …

Calcium barium niobate as a functional material for broadband optical frequency conversion

Y Sheng, X Chen, T Lukasiewicz, M Swirkowicz… - Optics Letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the application of as-grown calcium barium niobate (CBN) crystal with
random-sized ferroelectric domains as a broadband frequency converter. The frequency …