We experimentally and theoretically investigate the second order nonlinear optical response of metallodielectric multilayer structures composed of Ag and Ta2O5 layers, deposited by magnetron sputtering. Second harmonic generation measurements were performed in reflection mode as a function of incidence angle, using femtosecond pulses originating from a Ti:sapphire laser system tuned at =800 nm. The dependence of the generated signal was investigated as a function of pump intensity and polarization state. Our experimental results show that the conversion efficiency from a periodic metallodielectric sample may be enhanced by at least a factor of 30 with respect to the conversion efficiency from a single metal layer, thanks in part to the increased number of active surfaces, pump field localization, and penetration inside the metal layers. The conversion efficiency maximum shifts from 70° for the single silver layer down to approximately 55° for the stack. The experimental results are found to be in good agreement with calculations based on coupled Maxwell-Drude oscillators under the action of a nonlinear Lorentz force term.

Second-harmonic generation from metallodielectric multilayer photonic-band-gap structures / Larciprete, Maria Cristina; Belardini, Alessandro; M. G., Cappeddu; D., DE CEGLIA; Centini, Marco; Fazio, Eugenio; Sibilia, Concetta; M. J., Bloemer; M., Scalora. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 1050-2947. - STAMPA. - 77:(2008), pp. 013809-1-013809-9. [10.1103/PhysRevA.77.013809]

Second-harmonic generation from metallodielectric multilayer photonic-band-gap structures

LARCIPRETE, Maria Cristina;BELARDINI, ALESSANDRO;CENTINI, MARCO;FAZIO, Eugenio;SIBILIA, Concetta;
2008

Abstract

We experimentally and theoretically investigate the second order nonlinear optical response of metallodielectric multilayer structures composed of Ag and Ta2O5 layers, deposited by magnetron sputtering. Second harmonic generation measurements were performed in reflection mode as a function of incidence angle, using femtosecond pulses originating from a Ti:sapphire laser system tuned at =800 nm. The dependence of the generated signal was investigated as a function of pump intensity and polarization state. Our experimental results show that the conversion efficiency from a periodic metallodielectric sample may be enhanced by at least a factor of 30 with respect to the conversion efficiency from a single metal layer, thanks in part to the increased number of active surfaces, pump field localization, and penetration inside the metal layers. The conversion efficiency maximum shifts from 70° for the single silver layer down to approximately 55° for the stack. The experimental results are found to be in good agreement with calculations based on coupled Maxwell-Drude oscillators under the action of a nonlinear Lorentz force term.
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Second-harmonic generation from metallodielectric multilayer photonic-band-gap structures / Larciprete, Maria Cristina; Belardini, Alessandro; M. G., Cappeddu; D., DE CEGLIA; Centini, Marco; Fazio, Eugenio; Sibilia, Concetta; M. J., Bloemer; M., Scalora. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 1050-2947. - STAMPA. - 77:(2008), pp. 013809-1-013809-9. [10.1103/PhysRevA.77.013809]
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