Second harmonic generation in the plasmon-polariton gap of quasiperiodic metamaterial photonic superlattices

F. Reyes Gómez, N. Porras-Montenegro, Osvaldo N. Oliveira, Jr., and J. R. Mejía-Salazar

Phys. Rev. B 98, 075406 – Published 7 August 2018

Abstract

Self-similar bulk plasmon-polariton modes in quasiperiodic photonic superlattices were used here for a giant enhancement of second harmonic generation. Results for Fibonacci and Thue-Morse-like superlattices indicate that not only the disorder but also the symmetry of the unit cell plays a crucial role for enhancing the efficiency. In particular, a giant enhancement is shown for Thue-Morse-like systems when compared with the enhancement for Fibonacci-like superlattices.

Received 27 March 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.075406

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Photonics Second order nonlinear optical processes

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

F. Reyes Gómez^1,2, N. Porras-Montenegro¹, Osvaldo N. Oliveira, Jr.³, and J. R. Mejía-Salazar^3,4,*

¹Physics Department, del Valle University, AA 25360, Cali, Colombia
²Department of Applied Physics, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros, s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain
³São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 369, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
⁴National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), 37540-000, Santa Rita do Sapucaí, MG, Brazil

^*jrmejia3146@gmail.com

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Vol. 98, Iss. 7 — 15 August 2018

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