Efficient second‐harmonic generation from silicon slotted nanocubes with bound states in the continuum

C Fang, Q Yang, Q Yuan, L Gu, X Gan… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optical materials with centrosymmetry, such as silicon and germanium, are unfortunately
absent of second‐order nonlinear optical responses, hindering their developments in …

Low-power continuous-wave generation of visible harmonics in silicon photonic crystal nanocavities

M Galli, D Gerace, K Welna, TF Krauss, L O'Faolain… - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We present the first demonstration of frequency conversion by simultaneous second-and
third-harmonic generation in a silicon photonic crystal nanocavity using continuous-wave …

Multipolar second-harmonic generation by Mie-resonant dielectric nanoparticles

D Smirnova, AI Smirnov, YS Kivshar - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
By combining analytical and numerical approaches, we study resonantly enhanced second-
harmonic generation by individual high-index dielectric nanoparticles made of …

[HTML][HTML] Resonantly enhanced second-and third-harmonic generation in dielectric nonlinear metasurfaces

JT Wang, P Tonkaev, K Koshelev, F Lai… - Opto-Electronic …, 2024 - oejournal.org
Nonlinear dielectric metasurfaces provide a promising approach to control and manipulate
frequency conversion optical processes at the nanoscale, thus facilitating both advances in …

Nonlinear-optical properties of porous silicon nanostructures

LA Golovan, VY Timoshenko - Journal of nanoelectronics and …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
In the present review, we consider in detail nonlinear-optical properties of porous silicon.
The nonlinear-optical properties of porous silicon are discussed in close connection with its …

A comparative analysis of surface and bulk contributions to second-harmonic generation in centrosymmetric nanoparticles

D Timbrell, JW You, YS Kivshar, NC Panoiu - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Second-harmonic generation (SHG) from nanoparticles made of centrosymmetric materials
provides an effective tool to characterize many important properties of photonic structures at …

Wavelength dependence of Pockels effect in strained silicon waveguides

P Damas, X Le Roux, D Le Bourdais, E Cassan… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the influence of the wavelength, within the 1.3 μm–1.63 μm range, on the
second-order optical nonlinearity in silicon waveguides strained by a silicon nitride …

Second order optical nonlinearity in silicon by symmetry breaking

M Cazzanelli, J Schilling - Applied Physics Reviews, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Although silicon does not possess a dipolar bulk second order nonlinear susceptibility due
to its centro-symmetric crystal structure, in recent years several attempts were undertaken to …

Trade‐Off between Second‐and Third‐Order Nonlinearities, Ultrafast Free Carrier Absorption and Material Damage in Silicon Nanoparticles

A Rudenko, A Han, JV Moloney - Advanced Optical Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reaching the optimal second‐and third‐order nonlinear conversion efficiencies while
avoiding undesirable free carrier absorption losses and material damage in ultrashort laser …

Origin of second-harmonic generation from individual silicon nanowires

PR Wiecha, A Arbouet, C Girard, T Baron, V Paillard - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We investigate second harmonic generation from individual silicon nanowires and study the
influence of resonant optical modes on the far field nonlinear emission. We find that the …