Phased-array sources based on nonlinear metamaterial nanocavities

Wolf, Omri; Campione, Salvatore; Benz, Alexander; Ravikumar, Arvind P.; Liu, Sheng; Luk, Ting S.; Kadlec, Emil Andrew; Shaner, Eric A.; Klem, John Frederick; Sinclair, Michael B.; Brener, Igal

doi:10.1038/ncomms8667

Phased-array sources based on nonlinear metamaterial nanocavities

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8667· OSTI ID:1235337

Wolf, Omri ^[1]; Campione, Salvatore ^[1]; Benz, Alexander ^[1]; Ravikumar, Arvind P. ^[2]; Liu, Sheng ^[1]; Luk, Ting S. ^[1]; Kadlec, Emil Andrew ^[1]; Shaner, Eric A. ^[1]; Klem, John Frederick ^[1]; Sinclair, Michael B. ^[1]; Brener, Igal ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)

Coherent superposition of light from subwavelength sources is an attractive prospect for the manipulation of the direction, shape and polarization of optical beams. This phenomenon constitutes the basis of phased arrays, commonly used at microwave and radio frequencies. Here we propose a new concept for phased-array sources at infrared frequencies based on metamaterial nanocavities coupled to a highly nonlinear semiconductor heterostructure. Optical pumping of the nanocavity induces a localized, phase-locked, nonlinear resonant polarization that acts as a source feed for a higher-order resonance of the nanocavity. Varying the nanocavity design enables the production of beams with arbitrary shape and polarization. As an example, we demonstrate two second harmonic phased-array sources that perform two optical functions at the second harmonic wavelength (~5 μm): a beam splitter and a polarizing beam splitter. As a result, proper design of the nanocavity and nonlinear heterostructure will enable such phased arrays to span most of the infrared spectrum.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1235337

Report Number(s):: SAND--2015-20738J; 558185

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 6; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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