Enhanced optical nonlinearities in the near-infrared using III-nitride heterostructures coupled to metamaterials

Wolf, Omri; Allerman, Andrew A.; Ma, Xuedan; Wendt, Joel R.; Song, Alex Y.; Shaner, Eric A.; Brener, Igal

doi:10.1063/1.4933332

Enhanced optical nonlinearities in the near-infrared using III-nitride heterostructures coupled to metamaterials

Journal Article · Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4933332· OSTI ID:1257989

Wolf, Omri ^[1]; Allerman, Andrew A. ^[2]; Ma, Xuedan ^[1]; Wendt, Joel R. ^[2]; Song, Alex Y. ^[3]; Shaner, Eric A. ^[2]; Brener, Igal ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Electrical Engineering Dept.

We use planar metamaterial resonators to enhance, by more than two orders of magnitude, the optical second harmonic generation, in the near infrared, obtained from intersubband transitions in III-Nitride heterostructures. The improvement arises from two factors: employing an asymmetric double quantum well design and aligning the resonators’ cross-polarized resonances with the intersubband transition energies. The resulting nonlinear metamaterial operates at wavelengths where single photon detection is available, and represents a new class of sources for quantum photonics related phenomena.

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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:: 1257989

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1327880
OSTI ID: 1420526
OSTI ID: 22482234

Report Number(s):: SAND--2015-6605J; 641909

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 107; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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