We demonstrate a simple, femtosecond-scale wavelength tunable, subwavelength-thick nanostructure that performs efficient wavelength conversion from the infrared to the ultraviolet. The output wavelength can be tuned by varying the input power of the infrared pump beam and/or relative delay of the control beam with respect to the pump beam, and does not require any external realignment of the system. The nanostructure is made of chalcogenide glass that possesses strong Kerr nonlinearity and high linear refractive index, leading to strong field enhancement at Mie resonances. Although, as many other materials, chalcogenide glasses absorb in the ultraviolet range, fundamental phase-locking mechanism between the pump and the inhomogeneous portion of the third-harmonic signal enables ultraviolet transmission with little or no absorption.

All-optical tunable wavelength conversion in opaque nonlinear nanostructures

Vincenti M. A.;
2022-01-01

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We demonstrate a simple, femtosecond-scale wavelength tunable, subwavelength-thick nanostructure that performs efficient wavelength conversion from the infrared to the ultraviolet. The output wavelength can be tuned by varying the input power of the infrared pump beam and/or relative delay of the control beam with respect to the pump beam, and does not require any external realignment of the system. The nanostructure is made of chalcogenide glass that possesses strong Kerr nonlinearity and high linear refractive index, leading to strong field enhancement at Mie resonances. Although, as many other materials, chalcogenide glasses absorb in the ultraviolet range, fundamental phase-locking mechanism between the pump and the inhomogeneous portion of the third-harmonic signal enables ultraviolet transmission with little or no absorption.
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