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arXiv 2009.03544physics.optics
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全向场增强驱动ε近零波导中的巨非线性

Omnidirectional field enhancements drive giant nonlinearities in epsilon-near-zero waveguides

Gordon H. Y. Li, C. Martijn de Sterke, Alessandro Tuniz

摘要:

具有接近于零的相对介电常数$\varepsilon$的块体材料表现出巨大的克尔非线性。然而,利用导波几何形状中的这种响应并不简单,这是由于ε近零材料的极端和违反直觉的性质。在这里,我们调查,通过严格计算的克尔非线性系数,如何显着的非线性特性,这些材料可以利用在几种不同类型的结构,包括散装薄膜,等离子体纳米线,和金属纳米孔。我们发现,当模式面积和群速度同时最小化时,对应于全向场增强,克尔非线性响应最大。开发的物理见解将是理解和工程非线性纳米光子系统与极端非线性的关键,并指向新的设计范式。

英文摘要:

Bulk materials possessing a relative electric permittivity $\varepsilon$ close to zero exhibit giant Kerr nonlinearities. However, harnessing this response in guided-wave geometries is not straightforward, due to the extreme and counter-intuitive properties of epsilon-near-zero materials. Here we investigate, through rigorous calculations of the Kerr nonlinear coefficient, how the remarkable nonlinear properties of such materials can be exploited in several different types of structures, including bulk films, plasmonic nanowires, and metal nanoapertures. We find the largest Kerr nonlinear response when both the modal area and the group velocity are simultaneously minimized, corresponding to omnidirectional field enhancement. The physical insights developed will be key for understanding and engineering nonlinear nanophotonic systems with extreme nonlinearities and point to new design paradigms.

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