Enhancing four-wave-mixing processes by nanowire arrays coupled to a gold film.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
We consider the process of four-wave mixing in an array of gold nanowires strongly coupled to a gold film. Using full-wave simulations, we perform a quantitative comparison of the four-wave mixing efficiency associated with a bare film and films with nanowire arrays. We find that the strongly localized surface plasmon resonances of the coupled nanowires provide an additional local field enhancement that, along with the delocalized surface plasmon of the film, produces an overall four-wave mixing efficiency enhancement of up to six orders of magnitude over that of the bare film. The enhancement occurs over a wide range of excitation angles. The film-coupled nanowire array is easily amenable to nanofabrication, and could find application as an ultra-compact component for integrated photonic and quantum optic systems.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Poutrina, E; Ciracì, C; Gauthier, DJ; Smith, DR
Published Date
- May 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 20 / 10
Start / End Page
- 11005 - 11013
PubMed ID
- 22565723
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1094-4087
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1094-4087
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1364/oe.20.011005
Language
- eng