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Nanocrystalline resonant silicon nanoparticle for highly efficient second harmonic generation

  • Sergey V. Makarov
  • , Mihail I. Petrov
  • , Urs Zywietz
  • , Tim Fischer
  • , Valentin A. Milichko
  • , Dmitry A. Zuev
  • , George P. Zograf
  • , Daria A. Smirnova
  • , Sergey V. Starikov
  • , Boris N. Chichkov
  • , Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    Silicon is a centrosymmetric material, and the studies of nonlinear optical properties of silicon nanoparticles are primarily targeting the third-harmonic generation effects. Here we demonstrate that resonantly excited nanocrystalline silicon nanoparticles fabricated by an optimized laser printing technique exhibit strong second-harmonic generation (SHG) effects. We attribute an unexpectedly high yield of the nonlinear conversion to a nanocrystalline structure of nanoparticles supporting the Mie resonances. Our finding may open novel prospects for a design of nonlinear subwavelength light sources with exceptional functionalities fully integrated in Si-based nanoscale photonic circuits.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2017 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS 2017
    EditorsWeng Cho Chew, Sailing He, Sailing He
    PublisherElectromagnetics Academy
    Pages3368-3370
    Number of pages3
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509062690
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    Event2017 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS 2017 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
    Duration: 22 May 201725 May 2017

    Publication series

    NameProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium
    ISSN (Print)1559-9450
    ISSN (Electronic)1931-7360

    Conference

    Conference2017 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS 2017
    Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
    CitySt. Petersburg
    Period22/05/1725/05/17

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